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// Chapter 11: The Truth 
// Story: A Different Love for a Change...ling 
// by AngelShy24 
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	When Chrysalis opened her eyes, she saw nothing but immense white all around her everywhere she looked; she became quite puzzled.
“What the… what kind of trickery is this? Where am I?!”
“The actual question is… where are we?” said another voice behind her. 
It was Dragon Heart who looked just as confused as Chrysalis, “Wow, I wonder what happened; and where is Ponyville?”
Chrysalis started to become impatient again as she aimed her anger at Dragon Heart again, “I swear if you done got us stuck in some kind of weird dimensional realm that we cannot escape, so help me, you will suffer greatly!”
“Seriously,” said Dragon Heart while rolling her eyes, “After everything that has happened, you’re still going on about that?”
Chrysalis scoffed at her remembering what the young Changeling said to her earlier, “So… do tell me;” said sarcastically, “what exactly were you trying to make me understand? From the looks of things it seems that all you did was thrown us into some kind of existing unknown plain!”
“I just don’t understand,” said Dragon Heart while pacing in a slightly panicked state, “What was the Elements trying to prove?!”
Suddenly, another voice interrupted their dispute, “Huh, is that you, Chrysalis?”
Chrysalis’ heart leapt as she heard the mysterious voice, “What the… w-who said that? Who said my name; show yourself!”
She looked all around the area to see if she saw anything. Just then, the two Changelings heard a couple of hoof steps coming their way.
“Well, indeed it is Chrysalis, my dear,” spoke yet another unknown voice.
Just then, two figures came from behind them amidst the bright yet foggy surroundings; two creatures that looked just like their kind but a little older in age. Chrysalis and Dragon Heart both turned around and witnessed together the two creatures in front of them.
“Wh-who are they; older Changelings?” said Dragon Heart, “I don’t seem to recognize them.”
Chrysalis stood there and looked at them very carefully; then her body froze and her eyes widened in shock, “… I… I do.” Her voice seemed to tremble a bit upon saying that; she looked completely speechless.
“It’s been quite a while since we left you alone,” spoke one of the 2 older Changelings, “hasn’t it Chrysalis, our dear daughter?”
Dragon Heart’s eyes widened suddenly; what did she just hear, “Wait, daughter?! But that would mean… that those two are…”
“Yes,” said Chrysalis in a calm-like voice, “my… parents.”
To Dragon Heart, this was completely mind-blowing. What kind of situation did her action bring them too?
“Wow… this is definitely not the outcome I had in mind.”
Chrysalis’ mother came over came up to her with remorseful tears in her eyes and gave her a hug, “Oh Chrysalis, it’s so good to see you again; your father and I missed being with you.”
Chrysalis felt totally confused at the moment wondering what she was supposed to do, “I-I… I don’t understand; how can I see you, I’m not even dead; at least… I don’t think I am.”
Chrysalis’ mother gave a slight giggle, “Well, we don’t know… you tell us.”
“You’ve grown up so fast, Chrysalis,” her father said, “How are things going now that you are queen of our kind?”
Chrysalis bit her lip and stomp her hoof down on the ground out of frustration. Dragon Heart kind of took a few steps back to give her some room.
“It’s awful, simply awful. Our kind has been dwindled so much through these years!”
“Have things gone awry for you during your rule?” her mother asked. 
“You have no idea; ever since you left, things have been devastating for us and things have gone completely out of hand! We have made some successful raids; however, doesn’t help knowing the numbers of unsuccessful attempts we’ve have! And if that’s not enough, recently some of my troops betrayed me, turned their back on our ways; especially this one!”
Chrysalis swung her hoof and had it aimed at the Dragon Heart who was still standing back and curiously watching this spectacle unfold.
“That one right here who calls herself… Dragon Heart has been besmirching the very ways of which you guys have strived for!”
Chrysalis’ parents looked at each other in an awkward way after hearing what their daughter had to say.
“Yes,” said her father, “well a-about that…”
“What… what is it?” Chrysalis stated wondering what he was talking about.
“Your mother and I… we’ve regretted on how we took things back then; we wish that we could’ve changed what we’ve done.”
“What?”
“We may not have been in leadership when the whole struggle started,” Chrysalis’ mother continued, “but we feel like we could’ve done something to prevent everything that has happened during our time.”
Dragon Heart was quite surprised upon hearing what Chrysalis’ parents were saying, “Huh, really?”
However, Chrysalis was surprised and shocked about what they said; she thought that these weren’t the same parents that left her on that fateful day.
“Mother, what art thou saying?! Did you even realize what thy ponies have done?! They ruined our lives; they ruined my life; they… took you away from me.”
Chrysalis was suddenly sprouting tears of sadness from her eyes; she seemed to be loss in the reminiscing of her tragic past. Dragon Heart has never seen Chrysalis like this; it was quite a shocker to her. There were some times that she had thought to herself, ‘was it even possible for her to cry emotionally.
“Mother… father…” continued Chrysalis in her upset wailing, “you were all I had to love, and… you were taken away from me! Those ponies deserve no sympathy; they need to pay for what they have done!”
“Even if it was our fault?” her father stated.
“What,” said Chrysalis with her eyes widened and staring at her parents questionably, “your fault?”
“Yes… Chrysalis,” her mother grieved, “it was our fault that we left you all alone. You see…”

Back during Nightmare Moon’s reign; back when that creature of darkness enshrouded the land with her night, your father and I had our kind hide away in our nest until the situation was dealt with. Once we found out that she was defeated by her own sister, Celestia, and the magical treasures known as the Elements of Harmony were drained of all of their power, we felt the defense and power of Equestria’s capital, Canterlot, was weakened. So we decided that this was a perfect opportunity to raid and conquer over Equestria’s most powerful city after Nightmare Moon was sealed away; hoping to take down their leader without any resistance. 
“You… y-you did what!?”
“But unfortunately, we were being too cocky at the time thinking that we could finally have the upper hand against the lands ruler, but it was not as we seemed and we lost many of our soldiers that day because of it. That was also the reason how your father and I became so weak and fragile, and then eventually left you. We should’ve never made that stupid attempt in the first place.”


Chrysalis just stood there totally speechless; this whole time she had been driving her angered rage on getting revenge for her parents’ death, only to find out that no one unintentionally killed them.
“I… I-I don’t understand,” said Chrysalis, “you guys told me… that Canterlot literally made an attack on us. You told me you were dying because they attacked us; you lied me?!”
The sound of Chrysalis’ wailing sorrow echoed throughout the unknown plain. Her rage of anger suddenly turned into a fit of sadness and regret. Her head suddenly hung down low as tears continuously flowed from her emerald eyes. 
“We didn’t truly intend to lie to you Chrysalis,” said her father as he lifted her head to meet theirs, “we only did it because… we didn’t want you to see your parents as ones who fights unfairly and are nothing but cowards… because we were.”
Dragon Heart was blown away with everything she just heard. This changed everything for her and Chrysalis, “Well, I definitely learned something today.”
Chrysalis’ mother came up to her making sure to have her attention before speaking, “Listen, Chrysalis, to tell you the truth… we have seen what you have done in Canterlot, as well as your actions against this young Changeling.”
“You… have?” exclaimed Chrysalis.
“They have?” said Dragon Heart questionably.
Both of Chrysalis’ parents nodded their heads, “We have, and we can’t help but feel that we have no one to blame but ourselves of how rigid and unloving you had become.”
Everything Chrysalis’ has heard suddenly started to slowly make sense to her. Celestia and her troops probably had no choice and did what they had to do to protect the citizens.
“N-n-no… no, don’t blame yourselves,” Chrysalis suddenly said in a low apologetic tone, “I was the one who went out of control and blindly tried to get revenge on Canterlot. I’m the one who kept things difficult for us and didn’t care what happened to anypony.”
She looked over at Dragon Heart who was still watching the events unfold. She smiled awkwardly and waved causing Chrysalis to slightly blush away from embarrassment. She looked at her parents wiping away a few more remorseful tears.
“But you know, even with everything that had happened and the fact that you knew that you were going to leave me, the least you could’ve done was tell me the truth.”
Her parents smiled and suddenly surrounded her and gave her a nice good ol’ family hug. 
“Hey, that’s it,” said Dragon Heart so suddenly, “That’s what the Elements of Harmony did; they allowed you to speak your parents again so you could find out the real truth behind your revengeful motive.”
“Elements of Harmony?” questioned Chrysalis’ father, “they are the ones that brought you here?”
“In somewhat way,” said Chrysalis in an annoyed tone.
Dragon Heart walked up Chrysalis giving her a little few nudges on her leg smirking, “So, don’t you feel much better now that you have that huge weighing hatred off your shoulders? Do you feel less cranky… less snoby?” 
Chrysalis stared down at her and growled a bit under her breath, “Quiet, child; I’m still rather angered with how you went against me… but…”
She looked back over her parents who were wondering of their child’s reaction, “Mother… Father… it’s been so many years since I’ve ever felt true happiness,” She suddenly started to tear up again while resting her head on her mother’s frontal body, “but how can I learn to truly love again without you two there… by my side?” The sight was so heartbroken that Dragon Heart felt like crying.
“Stay strong, Chrysalis,” said her mother as she held her daughter’s head up, “It’s not too late to turn things around for you and our kind. They’ll always be there for you, and so will she.”
Chrysalis looked over at Dragon Heart who was still tearing up a bit but smiling cheerfully. She couldn’t believe it; after everything she put her through she was still willing to give her another chance.
“And besides,” said Chrysalis’ father, “no matter where you are or what you do, your mother and I will always be there with you;” he suddenly placed his hoof to his chest, “in here.”
“Oh please,” said Chrysalis as she blushed a bit awkwardly, “don’t get all mushy on me.”
Then almost instantly, Chrysalis and Dragon Heart felt some kind of force around them as it seemed that they were starting to wander away from the two older Changelings.
“What the… what’s going on now?” asked Chrysalis.
“It’s the Elements;” Dragon Heart responded, “I can sense that they can’t keep this connection with your parents any longer.”
Chrysalis wasn’t ready to say goodbye just yet. She cried out desperately to stay a little longer while reaching out towards her parents with her hooves.
“No…no; I can’t leave them just yet! Please… just a little longer; I beg of you!”
“I’m afraid that’s just not possible, Chrysalis,” her father called, “after all, no one can truly talk to the deceased for too long.”
“But don’t worry,” shouted her mother, “just remember everything that we told you of what has happened!”
Chrysalis’ mother looked over at Dragon Heart and gave her a message, “And you, young Changeling, please forgive your queen for everything she has done; I can tell that she has total trust in you now, so you can have total trust in her!”
Dragon Heart gave her a slight smirk and then nodded in agreement. Chrysalis closed her and released an additional flow of tears as she floated farther and farther away from her parents, “Farewell father, mother; please… don’t forget about me; and… I love you!”
And with that, they vanished into the void.