Starlight figured she needed to clear her head from all the madness that happened, so she ended up deciding to take a walk in the Canterlot Gardens, it was far enough to where Twilight wouldn’t need to supervise her but Discord was at least nearby. Starlight figured it was fair enough, the deal was still fresh after all.
She thought about her friends back in Ponyville. She really hoped they were all okay without her. Trixie especially, she was always the most emotional out of them all.
She thought about Celestia and Luna, Starlight knew that they were technically the reason this was even happening but she wasn’t mad at them. They had no way of knowing Twilight would turn like this.
And finally she thought about Twilight herself. She had always been fond of Twilight, ever since she took her in she always enjoyed Twilight’s company. Sometimes she did grow nervous around Twilight at first but after she graduated, Starlight was able to see Twilight has her friend more often than a princess. Starlight probably sounded a bit insulting when she said Twilight wasn’t a princess-princess but she didn’t mean it in a bad way. Starlight did not feel the need to act perfect in front of Twilight, she just genuinely found her a good friend.
However Starlight did not approve of Twilight’s new change to being Midnight, Starlight knew that the real Twilight was still in there, and she hoped that she could bring that Twilight back. Starlight became friends with Twilight, not Midnight.
Suddenly Starlight felt a pair of hooves pounce onto her and soon she was tackled to the ground.
“Didn’t expect to see me again. Did you Starlight Glimmer?” A venomous voice was heard, the unicorn looked up to see the maniacal grin of Chrysalis.
“Chrysalis?!” Starlight gasped in fear before blasting the unreformed changeling’s face with what little magic she still had causing her to grunt and let Starlight go, who immediately began running off but soon Chrysalis recovered and began flying after her and soon tackled her again.
“I am so going to revel in this.” Chrysalis smirked as she held Starlight down.
“What are you going to do to me?” Starlight gulped.
“I did consider using my magic to eliminate you entirely but I figured it’d be better to make this even more painful!” Chrysalis began as she rose her hoof.
Meanwhile Discord gasped as he stood near the entrance, just now seeing what was happening. He knew that he wouldn’t be much of a match for Chrysalis alone with what remained of his magic, but he knew somepony who would. He immediately snapped his fingers and with a flash, he was gone.
Chrysalis had just finished pounding her hooves onto Starlight’s body, there were bruises on her face and in her midsection, heck she even had a swollen eye.
Starlight groaned feebly, she was clearly weakened from the onslaught of attacks.
“Had enough yet?” Chrysalis smirked mischievously to which Starlight just groaned, “What do you plan to gain from this?”
“Honestly, I’m not even sure I’ll be able to rule Equestria at this point.” Chrysalis admits with a laugh, “But your suffering will make a swell consolation prize. Now hold still.” She began lighting up her horn to which Starlight braced for impact but soon she felt nothing and heard Chrysalis scream before noticing Twilight standing over her protectively while shooting Chrysalis the most hateful glare Starlight had ever seen from the alicorn.
“Ah. Twilight Sparkle.” Chrysalis said as she recovered from the blast, “It is a pleasure to see you again. I must give congrats for your successful attempt at overthrowing the princesses in your own special way.”
“You have some nerve Chrysalis.” Twilight growled furiously, “I already held a grudge for your actions towards Shining Armor and Cadence but now…”
“You just crossed the line.” Twilight growled lowly.
Soon Twilight and Chrysalis immediately got into a laser battle, both were persistent but it was clear Twilight was winning this fight, and soon they were locked in a beam struggle, Chrysalis tried desperately to hold her beam against Twilight but soon Twilight overpowered her and sent Chrysalis to the ground, the changeling was now struck down.
“No one hurts Starlight the way you did and gets away with it on my watch.” Twilight said angrily to Chrysalis who was now weakened from the attack much to Starlight’s shock.
Twilight soon placed a metal ring over Chrysalis’ horn and spoke up, “You’ll be lucky if you even get a sliver of magic back after what you just pulled.”
Soon Discord flew over and Twilight immediately turned to him, “Take her to Tartarus, and make sure she is kept far away from Tirek and Cozy Glow. I don’t want any escape plans happening on my watch.”
Discord nodded and snapped his fingers, and with that, he and Chrysalis were gone.
Twilight immediately turned to Starlight, full of concern.
“Are you okay Starlight?” Twilight asked fearfully.
“I feel like crap.” Starlight grunted weakly, “How did you find me?”
“Well Discord was able to alert me that you were in danger.” Twilight explained as she picked up the unicorn softly and began flying back to the castle, “I knew I had to take care of Chrysalis immediately so I rushed in. I’m sorry if I scared you but I had no choice.”
Starlight just eased into Twilight’s touch and softly spoke, “I… actually was flattered in a way. I feel a bit bad for Chrysalis but she was attacking me so I can’t really feel much sympathy but it was nice seeing you try to protect me.”
Twilight leaned her face on Starlight’s and softly smiled, “Hey, for you, I’d do almost anything.”
Soon they reached the castle and Gallus looked wide eyed in shock at Starlight’s bruised body as they entered the hallway, “What the heck happened?!”
“Chrysalis attacked her.” Twilight said simply, “She’s being sent to Tartarus as we speak. Take Starlight to the medical room now.” She commanded in a stern yet concerned tone.
“Right away.” Gallus said as he took the unicorn from Twilight’s hooves and soon he flew off with Starlight.
Twilight’s eyes looked at Starlight full of concern, she knew Starlight would survive but after that attack tonight she felt a ping of worry. She just hoped Starlight would be okay.