“Teeeeeempest!”
Tempest’s ears perked up and she looked over from her weapons rack. “Yes?”
“I’ve fallen! Can you help me?! I’m dyinnnnngggg…”
Tempest stared for a bit, before getting up and heading out of her room. She looked down the hall, before examining the other three rooms, the guest room, the upstairs bathroom, and the upstairs living room, before heading down the stairs. She reached the bottom floor and headed towards the kitchen. Nothing.
Nope… not there…
“Tempyyyyyy… can you bring me a soda from the kitcheeeeennnn…? I want one before I dieeeee…”
Tempest looked over, before peeking into the living room. There, she saw a certain changeling Queen laying on the floor, groaning dramatically.
“Um… what the heck are you doing?” Tempest asked, walking into the room, examining the scene.
Chrysalis was still laying on the floor, but it was becoming clear that she was covered in… milk and cereal?
Tempest stared at her, even more confused. “…How did you even manage this?”
Chrysalis looked up and pouted. “I was trying to sit down, but this stupid couch moved on its own, causing me to fall down.”
“…You mean you miscalculated where the couch was, and you fell on your butt, and wasted a bowl of cereal.”
“I… yes…” Chrysalis sighed dramatically. “But it really hurt! I need someone to carry me to my death bed!” she cried, holding her hoof to her forehead.
Tempest rolled her eyes. “First off, A. you’re not getting in my bed covered in milk and cereal, B. you have one horn, two wings, and four working legs. Just get up, go to the shower, wash off, then head to bed.”
“You skipped three.”
Tempest blinked. “What do you have three of?”
“Um… wills to care?” Chrysalis stared nervously.
“…Bath. Now.”
Chrysalis pouted and stood. She walked towards the bathroom, muttering to herself. Tempest rolled her eyes and began cleaning the cereal off the floor.
~~~
Chrysalis sat in the tub, not really doing much. Sure, she moved her hooves around, poured in bubble bath, and bathed, but she didn’t know what else to do. She looked around, soon noticing a yellow rubber duck sitting on the rim of the tub. She blinked, staring at it. She looked over to the door, which was closed, before grabbing the duck. She examined it, rolling her eyes.
“Such a weird item to have in a bath…” she muttered to herself, before squeezing the duck.
“Squack!”
She rolled her eyes. “Stupid toy.” She placed the rubber bird into the tub, watching it float around. Suddenly, she was mesmerized by the duck. A small smile spread across her face.
“…Heh… dumb bird.”
She continued to watch it float. She looked over, making double sure that the door was locked, before she herself shapeshifted into a rubber duck, the only difference being that she was taller, and she was in her own color scheme. She continued chuckling as she bumped the inferior duck around the tub.
“Hey Chrys, is ‘color’ spelled as ‘o-r’ or ‘o-u-r’? Cause I’m about to hit Fortuna right in the—” Tempest paused as she stared at the two ducks, and one of them stared right back. Take a guess as to which one.
“Uh… quack…?”
Tempest blinked. “Yeeeaaah… I’m gonna gooo…” she backed out of the room.
Chrysalis huffed, shapeshifting back. She then climbed out, wrapping herself in a towel, before looking back at the duck. She chuckled, before picking it up and leaving.
~~~
Tempest sat on the couch, looking around. She’d finally cleaned up the milk and cereal, and could sit back and rela—
There was the sound of the door bursting open. Tempest blinked, looking behind her. Chrysalis was running down the road. Tempest facehoofed, before standing, debating whether or not to follow.
She groaned and walked out the door.
~~~
Chrysalis peeked out of the bush she was hiding in. She then checked to make sure that no one was watching, before shapeshifting into a duck.
She waddled out of the bush and made her way towards the pond. She hopped into the water and began swimming around. She looked around, before noticing a few other ducks a few feet away.
She swam over, subtly joining the crowd. The ducks quacked, before going back to doing duck things… like…
Filing their taxes, or something.
~~~
Tempest looked around the park, trying to see if Chrysalis had taken a seat on one of the benches. However, the Queen was nowhere to be found.
“Hm…” Tempest thought for a bit, before getting an idea. “Chryssi! There’s a free kissing booth!”
She suddenly felt something sit on her head. She reached up, grabbing the feathery-object, and looked at it.
It was Chrysalis in her duck form. Tempest blinked, staring at her. “Why are you in…”
“Don’t ask,” she huffed, shapeshifting back. “Where’s the kissing booth?”
“Right here.” Tempest placed a kiss on her forehead.
Chrysalis blushed, glaring at her. “There was no kissing booth, was there?”
“Nope.”
“Well you’re a…” Chrysalis blinked. “An unpleasant pony.”
“…Aww.”
Chrysalis turned red. “I hate you.”
“Love you too.”
Chrysalis rolled her eyes, before turning around. She began to walk, when she heard a quack. The two mares looked down, noticing a tiny duckling. They stepped to the side, thinking it wanted to go by, but it just followed them. Or well, it followed Chrysalis
Tempest blinked, looking up at Chrysalis. “Um… why’s this duckling following you?”
Chrysalis blushed, shrugging nervously. “Iunno… maybe it thought I had food…?”
“Chryssi…” Tempest’s looked turned into a somewhat glare, somewhat saying, ‘I’m definitely going to regret asking this, aren’t I?’. “Did you hop into the duck pond?”
“Noooooo…?” Chrysalis dragged the word out. Tempest grabbed her wet mane. “Oh uh… that’s just… uh…”
“You were literally disguised as a duck.”
Chrysalis looked around, making sure no one was listening, before looking over. “Alright, fine, I may have taken a little dip in the pond. But it was just for a little bit!”
“Mhm, sure. And now, this duckling has gotten attached to you.” Tempest facehoofed.
“You say it like it’s a bad thing,” Chrysalis replied. “I mean, it’s not like I made an imprint on the whole pond.”
Tempest rolled her eyes. “I guess…”
“Come on Tempest, it’s not the worst thing to happen!” Chrysalis picked up the little duck. It let out a quack before settling in her hoof. “Can we keep it?”
“Well I—”
Chrysalis got up close to Tempest, her pupils growing big and watery.
“Pweeeeeeaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeee…?”
Tempest stared, somewhat surprised. Chrysalis continued with the puppy eyes until Tempest just sighed. “Alright, fine. We’ll keep it. Just… stop doing that. Whatever it is.”
Chrysalis smiled and buzzed away. Tempest chuckled and trotted behind.
~~~
Chrysalis stared at the duckling, watching as it waddled around its enclosure, which was just a small box with a water bowl and a bowl of small fruits, vegetables, and seeds.
Tempest chuckled. “We’ll get another encounter for it soon. Also, we should probably let him go outside.”
Chrysalis wasn’t paying attention. She was just staring at the duckling watching as it waddled around the makeshift enclosure. Tempest smiled, before pulling her onto the couch. Chrysalis blinked, looking down at Tempest. The unicorn smiled, resting against her. Chrysalis rolled her eyes, smiling as well. “Love you too…”
Chrysalis levitates a blanket over, wrapping it around them. Tempest yawned and soon fell asleep. Chrysalis chuckled and held her close, also falling asleep.