Chrysalis was on the balcony of Twilight’s room, watching the city of Canterlot. She noticed that there were creatures walking in the city as well as ponies in Canterlot, but that wasn’t the only thing that caught her attention. She saw a statue of Twilight and their friends. She couldn’t help but notice that Equestria has changed a lot since she, Cozy and Tirek were petrified. She looked sideways, guiltily. She still felt guilty about all the harm she had done to the ponies. She wanted to go downstairs and apologize, but she feared that the ponies would run away from her and go to Twilight and ask that Chrysalis be petrified again, since for her, she believed that the ponies had hated her since she had tried to dominate Equestria and she, Cozy and Tirek had caused the separation of ponies and creatures in the present. But she was grateful that in the end the ponies and creatures came back together, and now, they were more united than before.
She really wanted to apologize for everything she did, but she feared that the ponies were holding a grudge against her or that they were afraid of her. She knew that Twilight told her that the creatures were now closer to the ponies than before, but she feared that the ponies wouldn’t want to forgive her for what she did in the present, since now all the foals and colts have grown and become ponies adults, and mares and stallions became elderly, so they were already in the future and not in the present.
She remembered that Twilight had a student named Luster Dawn. She asked what Luster Dawn would be like. Would it be a pony? Or was it a creature? Pony or not, she hoped to meet her. Maybe she could go to Ponyville today to meet Luster Dawn. But there was a problem: She didn’t know where Luster Dawn was living in Ponyville.
“Chrysalis,” Chrysalis heard Twilight’s voice, looked back and saw Twilight. “I’m going to Ponyville to see my friends. Would you like to go with me?”
“I would like to go with you, yes,” replied Chrysalis. “But what if your friends hold a grudge for what I did?”
“Chrysalis, my friends don’t hold a grudge.” Twilight Sparkle approached Chrysalis with a smile.
Chrysalis’ ears went down as she looked down sadly. “But I was the one who made them not believe you after you found out I was evil.”
“Hey, Chrysalis. Don’t be sad,” Twilight put a hoof on Chrysalis’s back. “That was passed. You’re good now. I know they will forgive you.”
“But I worry more about coming across Celestia, Luna and Discord, since they were the ones who used a petrification spell in me,” explained Chrysalis, now with concern on her face. “What if I come across them?”
“Chrysalis, Celestia and Luna are living in Silver Shoals, I can guarantee that it is a long way from Ponyville and Canterlot.” guaranteed Twilight Sparkle with a smile.
“What about Discord? Where is he?” asked Chrysalis.
“He and Fluttershy were married. They usually spend most days in the Land of Chaos.”
“How do they get back to Ponyville?”
“Through a portal. Usually, Discord is kinder than before and lives most days in the Land of Chaos than in Equestria, but that doesn’t mean he and Fluttershy don’t spend time together. It doesn’t even look like the same Lord of Chaos that used to play tricks on others.”
Chrysalis was confused. “Land of Chaos?”
“It’s where Discord lived before he met Celestia and Luna and was petrified.” explained Twilight Sparkle.
Chrysalis couldn’t help but deny that Twilight was smart. “How do you know that?”
“I read in a book in this castle’s library that talked about creatures,” replied Twilight Sparkle with a smile.
Chrysalis smiled. It made sense. “Well, Chrysalis. Are we going to Ponyville?” asked Twilight Sparkle.
“Yes. But are we going by train or flying?” asked Chrysalis.
“We’re going to fly,” replied Twilight, before turning and starting to come to Chrysalis’ right side and spread her wings.
Chrysalis started to flap her wings and started to float. When she looked at Twilight, she saw Twilight already flapping her wings too. Chrysalis couldn’t help looking at Twilight’s huge wings.
Twilight Sparkle looked at Chrysalis with a smile. “Come on, Chrysalis,” she started to fly. Chrysalis followed.
As they flew, Chrysalis was still uncertain and concerned about the ponies’ reaction to seeing that she was no longer a statue. Would they be afraid of her or would they go after her? She hoped that none of this would happen. But inside, she knew it was going to happen.
When they landed, all the ponies looked at Twilight and smiled, but when they saw Chrysalis, they ran out of fear. Chrysalis looked at the floor sadly. She already imagined this happening. Why wasn’t she surprised by this?
TwIlight didn’t imagine that the ponies were frightened to see Chrysalis, even though she has been reformed.
“They are still afraid of me. Even though I’m reformed,” said Chrysalis to Twilight. “Why am I not surprised by this?”
Twilight looked at Chrysalis. “It’s just that they still remember what you did. But I am sure that soon they will stop being afraid of you and will forgive you.”
Chrysalis looked at Twilight sadly. “But what if they don’t stop?”
“Chrysalis, they will stop being afraid of you. I’m sure,” said Twilight Sparkle. “They just need to get used to you around here, and realize that you’ve changed.”
“But what if they can’t get used to me? What if they don’t notice that I’ve changed?”
“Chrysalis, I know you want them to forgive you. But not always, ponies will forgive from night to day. It takes time before they realize that you’re good.” explained Twilight Sparkle wisely.
Chrysalis couldn’t help but notice that what Twilight said seemed to be a very wise thing. “How did you become such a wise pony?”
“Well before I was the governor of Equestria, I learned several lessons about friendship. It was from these lessons that I learned to be a better pony, ”replied Twilight Sparkle.
“How were these lessons?” asked Chrysalis, curious.
“Well before I was a princess, on a daily basis, my friends and I always had a lot of adventures. And always at the end of each adventure, I learned something about friendship.”
“Could you give me an example of a friendship lesson you learned?”
“Yes. There was a time when Trixie came to Ponyville to brag. All but I didn’t go to the stage to brag, because I feared that if I showed that I was good with my magic, I would lose my friends,” Twilight could already see the scene in her head. “But when a Ursa Minor came to Ponyville, I made her go back to sleep with a song, gave her a ‘bottle’ and put her back in the cave with my magic. When I finished, to my surprise, everypony was applauding for me, especially my friends. I was nervous and begged them not to stop being my friends, but they were confused. So I said that as they were talking bad about Trixie, I thought that if I showed that I am good at magic, they would talk bad about me and would stop being my friends. But they said that I was the opposite of Trixie and that I could show that I was good with my magic. But Trixie came up to me and said that I wouldn’t be as great and powerful as she was, and then, she fled Ponyville. And I learned that you shouldn’t be afraid to hide what you do best.”
“Wow. And were you born in Ponyville?” asked Chrysalis.
“No. I was born in Canterlot,” replied Twilight Sparkle.
Chrysalis was confused. “But then why did you come to Ponyville?”
“I came to Ponyville at Celestia’s request to oversee preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, I even met five mares who helped me defeat Nightmare Moon and bring Luna back to Celestia,” replied Twilight Sparkle. “But then, I was sad. Since I would have to leave my new friends to return to Canterlot to continue my studies. Celestia had an idea, allowed me to stay in Ponyville and she asked me to send a letter about what I learned about friendship.”
“Was Celestia your mentor?” asked Chrysalis to be sure.
“Yes, Chrysalis. Since I was a filly, I was her student,” replied Twilight Sparkle with a smile just remembering when she and Celestia spent every day together at the castle. Whether reading books or watching the stars.
“Hi, Twilight!” Twilight looked back and saw her friends getting closer to her and Chrysalis.
“Girls!” shouted Twilight Sparkle in a cheerful tone.
Chrysalis couldn’t help noticing that the five mares that were in front of her were different. Pinkie Pie’s mane expanded and had party decorations, even a teddy bear. Applejack wore an orange scarf with an apple design and her mane was a bun and her tail was curled. Rainbow wore a black coat and the mane was up, just like Spitfire’s. Fluttershy had her mane attached by a flower clip. And Rarity wore a furry coat of dark blue color and some parts of the mane were white.
When they got really close, they gave a group hug. Upon leaving the embrace, they noticed that there was a female changeling next to Twilight.
“Hey, Twilight! Who is this new friend of yours?” asked Pinkie Pie with a smile as she pointed at Chrysalis.
“Girls, this is Chrysalis. She was released from the statue prison thanks to her redemption inside her statue prison.” presented Twilight Sparkle with a smile.
The girls were nothing more than surprises and their mouths open. Chrysalis started to feel uncomfortable with the grimaces that the five mares did. Are they not happy that she is good now?
Twilight, seeing that Chrysalis was not happy, looked at her friends not happy and said, “girls! Stop making those faces. Don’t you realize that Chrysalis is uncomfortable with your reactions?”
They have recovered from the shock. Rarity approached Twilight and Chrysalis. “We are sorry, dear. It’s just been years since we saw Chrysalis. And when we realized that this was Chrysalis, but just reformed, it left us speechless.”
“So, aren’t you five holding a grudge for everything bad I caused because of my hatred?” asked Chrysalis as she lifted a hoof slightly.
“We? Hold a grudge? No. Never,” replied Fluttershy with a smile.
Chrysalis smiled in relief at what Fluttershy said. She was happy that at least Twilight’s friends knew how to forgive others easily. But what about the other ponies? Would they easily forgive her? Because it seemed that they were still afraid of her and seemed to hold a grudge. She was saddened by this. It was going to be difficult for her to win the ponies’ forgiveness. But she knew that with Twilight helping her, she was going to make it.