//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: Behind the Queen // by Musical_theatre_demon //------------------------------// Chrysalis breathed in the fresh air, looking around for the Queen. She was told that Celestia would be visiting Ponyville. Just at that moment, she ran into Twilight Sparkle, who was speechless, but probably about to call her friends to defeat her due to the hate between ponies and Chrysalis's own kind. Twilight, still a unicorn at the time, had that look in her eye. Instead, Twilight Sparkle smiled. "You must be Queen Chrysalis. Her Majesty has told me everything about you," she said. Chrysalis explained why she was in Ponyville and wanting to be coronated in Equestria, in which Twilight is sceptical of. Chrysalis looked at her, concerned. "What's wrong, Twilight?" Chrysalis asked. Twilight Sparkle flashed a nervous smile, reassuring Chrysalis that everything was OK and teleported the both of them to Canterlot. "This is the place in which you will be coronated," said Twilight, pointing a purple hoof towards the Castle of Canterlot. Trotting through the Castle of Canterlot, Queen Chrysalis spotted Queen Celestia, bowing down to her on instinct. "My Queen, I would like your permission to be coronated in your castle." Queen Celestia nodded, suddenly bringing up the sensitive topic of Chrysalis's mother. "So, Chrysalis, how is your mother?" she asked. Queen Chrysalis hung her head, Twilight Sparkle putting a reassuring hoof on Chrysalis without thinking. "Oh, my condolences, Queen-to-be Chrysalis," said Celestia. "i'm sorry too. You must've cared... a lot," Twilight added. Chrysalis quickly changed the subject to her coronation to become the next Changeling Queen, her coronation beginning in the Castle of Canterlot instantly. * * * Night fell and Chrysalis flew back to the Hive, in which she is now officially queen, but something was missing. She knew her plans for the Changeling kingdom--- knew them ever since she was little. Now she remembered her mother and came to a realisation that this was the only way, even if it plagued her so. The next morning, Queen Chrysalis was nowhere to be seen. In Ponyville, she was hesitating before she feasted on her first love from the ponies who she once considered her friends. She's hungry, famished, trying to control it. Love Lyrics Verse 1: Everypony beats me down Everyday I wear a frown But I am strong I am brave A Changeling Queen Must be ready For anything I have a unique way That I must survive Everypony doesn't understand Twilight Sparkle (spoken): My Queen of the Changelings, please stop this! Refrain: Love As pure as a dove! Love Why does it fit in my stomach like a glove? Oh, love! If only I could make them see All that I am and can be If they understood Love is what I need to survive Verse 2: Everypony has a way to survive Everypony has a way in which they must thrive! I don't know what love feels like How I've longed to have a heart And then I'll feel that tingly feeling Of love (to refrain) Verse 3: What can I do to make them see? How this is just me How this is just how I must get by When will they see? All that Chrissy can be ! (to refrain) Verse 4: Everypony will open up their eyes And see Then Equestria will realise The new me Queen Chrysalis! (song ends) Twilight Sparkle gasped, running back to Queen Celestia as quickly as she could. Stumbling right outside of Canterlot, she was met with the evil smile of Queen Chrysalis, who was licking her lips. She never knew how great it tasted to suck up ponies' love and she wasn't gonna stop until she got her filthy, holey hooves, on Twilight Sparkle. Quickly, Twilight Sparkle huffed and puffed as she rose. She ran to the castle doors, shutting them with her magic. Queen Celestia approached her faithful student. "What's wrong, Twilight?" Queen Celestia asked. Twilight Sparkle huffed and puffed, eventually composing herself. "It's Queen Chrysalis! Something has gone terribly wrong and now she has turned into an evil monster! I'm scared, Your Majesty! " Queen Celestia reassured Twilight, telling Twilight what she should do. Whispering, Her Majesty talked about using the Elements of Harmony. "But, My Queen! She used to be our friend! There has to be a better way!" Twilight Sparkle cried. Celestia hung her head. "I'm sorry, Twilight, but it's as it should be. I feel terrible about it too, but it must be done." Twilight Sparkle gathered up Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy, knowing that she needed her friends more than anything if they were going to defeat Queen Chrysalis. But there was nothing they could actually do because this is Chrysalis's story and whatever she did determined her fate.