//------------------------------// // Lesson 1: Compliments // Story: Cozy Glow's Friendship School for Villainous evil-doers // by DemonWriterX //------------------------------// Lesson 1: Compliments "Let's try this again." Cozy Glow sighed as she flapped her wings to stay afloat in the air. She frowned at the mess beneath her as two grown adults bicker like foals fighting over a swing set in a park. Again, it was up to her to be rational and patient. If she doesn't make Tirek and Chrysalis get along soon, they would have to face Grogar's wrath and she would like to avoid him as much as she can. She realized that being friends with a powerful being like Grogar will be beneficial in her plans to become the Empress of Friendship but to accomplish that goal, she had to make Tirek and Chrysalis get along better. Cozy Glow learned all the fundamentals of Friendship in Twilight's school, if Twilight can do it, Cozy Glow can do it better. "Bah! Now I see why your "precious" changelings left you!" Tirek began, pointing a finger at Queen Chrysalis who looked like she was ready to bite it off. "Just spending over a minute in your presence is enough to drive anypony mad!" "Ha!" Chrysalis said, taking a step forward. "And I can see why you were defeated, even with all the power you had, you couldn't fix that small mind of yours, stupidity must run amok in your kind!" "Careful Chrissy." Tirek sneered, taking a step towards her. "Unless you want more holes in your collection." He said, gesturing to her body. "You will address me as Queen Chrysalis!- unless you want to see the real power of my wrath, Tirek!" She hissed as her horn grew to a threatening pallet of green energy. "It is Lord Tirek! You incompetent bug!" Cozy Glow swiftly flew in-between them with her hooves out. "That's enough!" "Stay out of it, brat!" Chrysalis said, stomping her hoof down as she glared at Tirek. Tirek cracked his knuckles and growled. "Yes. I have my own lesson to teach." Cozy Glow eye twitched. She tried to be rational. She tried to be patient. But now, she needed to be...assertive. She quickly grabbed Tirek's beard with one hoof and grabbed Chysalis's mane with her other and yanked them closer to her. Her eyes narrowed at the two. "Listen to me." She said in a stern and low voice. Tirek and Chrysalis both went still once they heard it."I need you two to start trying to get along. Unless, you want grumpy old Grogar to know how much you two are failing in my friendship lessons...and you don't want Mister Grogar to know, do you?" she said in a sweet and lovable voice, making her eyes large for only a moment before they went cold. The sudden shift made even Tirek gulp. "Can you imagine what he might do to you two if you don't manage to play nice? Why, golly, he might even destroy the two of you. And we don't want that now, do we?" Queen Chrysalis and Lord Tirek exchanged glances, which made Cozy Glow yank down harshly making them yell out in pain. "N-No! We do not!" Tirek said with a groan. "Yes! I mean-No! We do not!" Chrysalis said, nodding her head. "Good." Cozy Glow let them go. Tirek clutched at his beard in slight pain as Chrysalis massaged her scalp. Cozy Glow took a deep, calming breath and let out a long breath of air. Her attitude immediately went up as she giggled at the two of them. She put out her hooves and gestured at the two. "Now come on, hold eachother's claw and hoof, we are going to make a friendship circle! Won't that be fun?" She said in a cheerful tone. Tirek and Chysalis both rolled their eyes and adamantly took eachother's hoof and claw, while also holding Cozy's small hooves. "Wowie! You two are doing great so far! Now, I'll say something nice about Centaurs, Tirek, you will say something nice about Changlings and Chrysalis, you will say something nice about ponies." She cleared her throat and turned to Tirek. "I really like your horns, they are very big and very pointy!" Tirek couldn't help but cringe at her but didn't want to risk seeing her...malicious side. "T-thank you?" He muttered. Cozy Glow smiled. "Okay, your turn. What do you like about Chrysalis?" Tirek turned and forcefully had to bite his tongue to avoid making a rude comment about her appearance. Instead he thought of the opposite. "Queen Chrysalis. I...really..." He sputtered, trying to force his tongue to say the words, it pained him on the inside. "I really...like...your!" He groaned, struggling to say the right words. Queen Chrysalis narrowed her eyes boredly at him as Cozy Glow urged him on. "Come on, Tirek...I know you can do it!" "I! really like your....eyes!" He let out a gasp, as if he was nearly drowning. She arched a brow at Tirek. "My eyes? really?" She let out a snort, which made Cozy whirl at her. She immediately bit her lower lip when she saw Cozy's permanent smile but was really gritting her teeth. "Just take the Com.Pla.Ment." She said. Queen Chrysalis let out a sigh. "Yes. T-thank you. L-lord Tirek. And I...really-" She winced as if somepony punched into her chest. "Like Cozy's..p-pretty!" She sputtered the words like a broken sprinkler. Lord Tirek moved his head slightly aback to avoid the spit. "Curls!" She let out a deflated sigh as Cozy Glow gave them a small applause. "Yay! you two did it! Now...didn't that feel nice?" Tirek and Chrysalis crossed their arms, turning their backs away from each other as they muttered under their breaths. Cozy Glow shrugged. "Eh. It's a start. Friendship does take time to develop, luckily..." She grabbed the two of them by the shoulders, bringing them into a group hug. But, Tirek and Chrysalis both felt a thrustful grip over their throats as the filly looped her arms around them. She let out a large grin across her face. "We have all the time in the world."