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// Get To Know You Questions 
// Story: Date With The Queen 
// by Boopy Doopy 
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“One date, Chrysalis,” the queen of the changelings told herself as she paced back and forth in front of the castle in the Crystal Empire. “One date, and that’s it. Nothing more. Humor them once and then the Empire is yours. Just a few hours. Then you can punish these fools for forcing their Queen into fulfilling such a ridiculous request.”
She realized that just a few hours would be easier said than done as she knocked her hoof on the door and was immediately greeted by a giddy-looking Princess Cadance, one who wore a bright smile, eye shadow and mascara, and a flower in her hair. She seemed just as the Queen feared, which was that she was being very much serious when she said she wanted to take her out on a date.
“Hurray! You’re here, Chryssi! And might I add that you look very pretty this evening. I love the way you did your hair.”
Chrysalis, for her part, did absolutely nothing with her hair, nor with the rest of her appearance. She felt no need to, deciding that this whole thing was a silly waste of time, a formality at most. However, she was embarrassed anyway by the remark, and frowned because of it.
“Do not call me that,” she instructed as she entered the building. “I’m only here because as a Queen, it’s my duty to uphold your last request. You should thank me for being so generous, as not many would be so, especially with a request such as this.”
“Which one do you not want me to call you: Chryssi, because it’s adorable, or cute, because you’re an absolute cutie when you hold your head up high and huff angrily like that?”
“I- no! Neither! I’m not- stop that!” she demanded, stomping a hoof as she couldn’t help but blush deeply. “Why are- I know you’re trying to embarrass me, so just… cut it out!”
“Awww, you’re so adorable, you know that?” the mare teased as she pressed up next to her. “So what do you think we should do first? Shiny and Flurry are out visiting her grandparents, so we have the whole night to ourselves if you know what I mean…”
“I- I have absolutely no idea what you mean! And why isn’t Shiny- I mean, Shining Armor- here? I only agreed to one date, not two!”
“Well, technically, I said you have to go on a date with us. I never said at the same time. Besides,” she asked, “isn’t this more romantic? Two lovebirds, alone?” Cadance stared her in the eyes and raised an eyebrow as she said, Chrysalis taking a step back in response to the gesture. 
“It’s hardly romantic if you have to threaten your date to get them to see you,” Chrysalis mumbled. “I’m hungry. What do you have to eat in this darned place?”
“Oh, we’ll have dinner soon, but first, why don’t we do a little ‘get to know each other’ game? Then we can do each other’s hair and make up, and after dinner, cuddle up to watch movies. Doesn’t that sound nice? And I can feed you as much love as you want while we do it.”
She had to admit, it did sound quite nice, and judging by the excited and slightly affectionate emotion coming off of her, she had to assume she was telling the truth. But it didn’t make any sense! What could those two possibly gain from wanting to do something like this? Why did they want to do this? Well, they told her why, but their excuse didn’t seem genuine. It was completely ridiculous.
Although the affection Cadance gave off, even though it was just a tad, it did taste quite nice…
“Fine…” Chrysalis finally said, rolling her eyes. “Let’s get this over with so we can be done with this.”
“Perfect! Come over here, I have some cards right here somewhere…” She quickly scampered down the hall somewhere, Chrysalis following her quickly. She glanced at the walls of the castle as she made her way through, deciding that there would need to be many more holes and a much darker and more damp atmosphere when she finally took control. And a dungeon, one to stick those two in for their crimes of trying to make a fool out of her. But those were plans for later. For now, she found herself in a bedroom as Cadance dug through a few drawers before pulling out a small stack of cards.
“Got them! Come on, sit on the bed! We’re gonna play ‘would you rather' to get to know each other!” She patted a hoof on the mattress indicating where the queen should sit, who reluctantly followed her orders, although made sure she kept her distance as the mare sat across from her.
“Here are your cards,” she told her as she sat on her haunches and shuffled the deck before dividing it in half with her magic. “You have to pick a question from oneof those cards to ask me, and I pick from my deck what to ask you! Don’t worry though, it’s not intimate, well, not too intimate, hehe. They’re just fun, silly questions. I’ll go first as an example. Hmmmm…” she quickly looked through her deck before asking, “Would you rather… go out with Sombra or Tirek?”
“I thought you said there wouldn’t be intimate questions,” Chrysalis complained, immediately scrunching her muzzle. “And yet that’s the very first question you asked.”
“That’s not intimate, that’s a normal question! Besides, the blush on your face says you have somepony in mind. Who is it? Tell me! I bet it’s Sombra, isn’t it? You two would make a cute couple!”
“It's not! I would rather neither, honestly, seeing as both are completely inferior to my prowess. I would crush them beneath my hooves in a second, just like I could every creature who dares try to oppose me. I’m a queen, and queens such as I don’t need other creatures to hinder them or occupy their lives and bring them down.”
“Awww, it is Sombra, isn’t it! You two would be so cute together! And maybe if you had each other, neither of you would be so mean. It’s what both of you are missing from your lives, just a little bit of love. Now you ask me a question! Oh, this is fun already, don’t you agree?”
“Quite,” the queen of the changelings answered simply as she desperately tried not to have her cheeks turn red, picking out a card at random. Not that she actually answered the question, but she ignored it if it would help her get through this… thing faster. As if she could even call it a date at that point. She’d never been on one, but before when Shining Armor described a candlelit dinner under the moon, that seemed more like a date to her. This, for now, appeared to be a kind of slumber party, something she’d heard about happening in her hive before she’d forbade it from her subjects.
“Would you rather eat blank line or blank line?” Chrysalis asked with a completely bored expression.
“Haha, you have to fill in the blanks, Chryssi!” Cadance laughed. “Have you really never done this at all?”
“I cannot say that I have, as I’ve had no need. As well, I know I need to fill in the blanks. I’m not the idiot you think I am. I was using a little thing called sarcasm. Even though I’m a queen, I do have the ability to take part in the telling of jokes.”
“Awwww, you’re so adorable! But really, you have to fill in the blanks, so give me the question!”
“Fine. Would you rather eat somepony’s reverence or somepony’s affection?”
“Hmmm.. well ponies don’t really eat things like that, so I don’t know… but I’d have to go with affection because it feels nice when somepony has affection for you, don’t you agree?”
“I don’t. Although affection does taste quite nice, reverence is far more important to have. A healthy amount per day is a sign that power is being maintained and all is well with one’s hive. Although on the subject, I notice there’s no reverence coming off of you, which is quite rude, I must say. It seems I'll have to change that once power is transferred to me.”
“Awww, I’m sorry, I don’t think of you like that,” Cadance responded, putting on a frown to show her apology. “But I do think you’re cute and cuddly and very adorable, and the way you blush when I tell you that is amazing.” She sent a wide smile her way as Chrysalis did her very best to not show her embarrassment, leaning back a bit as Cadance leaned forward to keep the two’s distance.
“You know what, forget the game. Wanna cuddle? I know you eat love, and I have a lot of it to give you.” The changeling flattened her ears and looked away as the mare continued, “Wouldn’t that be nice? Having your body wrapped around my hooves while I pet your mane and you feasted on my love? That would make for a nice date, and I bet you would agree. Don't you just wanna eat up my emotion?”
Chrysalis once again had to admit to herself, that did sound quite nice. She could feel the affection drifting off of Cadance, and it tasted good, better than any other affection she’d eaten. She wondered what the difference was though. Maybe because she was the Princess of Love? Maybe she should just go along with it, seeing as it was a date after all, as Cadance said.
But no! She was a queen! She couldn’t let herself get distracted and caught up in such things! She knew what the princess was trying to pull. She knew she was secretly trying to get her to reform, and she wouldn’t let her succeed. She would rise above such elementary tactics. It might have worked on the rest of her hive, but it wouldn’t work on her. The ability to overcome such things was why she was a queen, after all.
“Let’s just keep going,” Chrysalis decided firmly. “Give me the next ridiculous question so we can get this over with.”
"Okie dokie! Let's see... would you rather be the dominant one in the relationship or the submissive one? Actually, you don't need to answer. I can see you being a very cute little spoon in our relationship and secretly liking it, even if you'd never admit it."
"Hey!"