“Give me my magic back!” Chrysalis demanded, horn glowing blue. Blue! BLUE! Not the royal and imperial and wonderful green it was supposed to be, but BLUE!
Tirek and Cozy still stared at her. “What…happened?” Cozy asked.
“I Reformed, you idiot!” Chrysalis exclaimed, turning to hiss at Cozy. She paused as she did, then ran her tongue over her teeth. Her eyes widened. “My fangs! Where are my fangs?!”
“Why did you Reform?” Tirek asked.
Chrysalis turned on the centaur. “I’m a changeling! Love is magic, magic is love, I shared my magic so I shared my love and now look at me! LOOK AT ME! Give me my magic back now!”
Tirek did, much to the Queen’s surprise, though some part of her imagined it was as much to try and calm her down than anything. It didn’t work. Chrysalis had rather hoped that doing so would revert her to her previous form, her true form, but while her stomach filled up and her power fully returned, she still looked like she’d had a terrible accident in both a paint store and a hair salon.
“HHHZZZKKK!” She screamed, wings buzzing. She could still do a proper changeling scream, at least. She whirled on Cozy Glow. “This is all your fault! ‘Just share your magic, Chrysalis! It’s the only way, Chrysalis! It’ll make Tirek strong enough, Chrysalis!’ Now look at me!”
“How was I supposed to know?” Cozy demanded. “I’m just a kid! I don’t know about changelings.”
“Is it permanent?” Tirek asked, poking Chrysalis in her cheek. She whirled and tried to bite him, but his reflexes were too fast and he pulled away. “Did you know you’re fuzzy now – ”
“OF COURSE I KNOW!”
Cozy lifted herself up off the ground, wings buzzing as she went over to Tirek’s side, still clutching the Bewitching Bell. “Look, I can tell this is upsetting you. But maybe…you should look on the bright side? Can’t Reformed changelings make their own love? So now you’ll never go hungry again! That’s good, isn’t it?”
Blue (accursed blue!) fire washed over Chrysalis as she transformed into a copy of Cozy Glow. “That’s good, isn’t it?” She mocked in Cozy's voice. “No it’s not good, you dolt! Hunger is a powerful motivator. Hunger drives the changelings forward to glory and power and conquest and – ”
“Did you know that your eyes are blue now too?” Tirek asked.
Chrysalis returned to her new true form and screamed.