//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 - A New Day. // Story: Chrysalis' unexpected child // by coto616 //------------------------------// --------------------------------- Chapter 2 - A New Day. --------------------------------- After a few minutes of walking Chrysalis arrived at her camp, next to the little unicorn still biting her tail, it wasn't a long trip, but the queen was forced to clear some parts of the path with her magic so her little companion wouldn't trip. "Here we are in my camp, you can let me go now, come closer to the fire if you are cold but be careful not to burn yourself, I have no medicine with me." The queen went to her bed and lay down to rest. The unicorn nodded his head and let go of the queen's tail, then stretched out his hoof looking for the fire until he felt its warmth and slowly approached until he was at a distance he found pleasant before sitting down in front of it leaving his bag at his side very close to the queen. "You really can't see anything?" Chrysalis asked. The unicorn perked his ears up as he listened to the queen. "I've been blind since birth, the doctor said something happened inside mommy and that's why I can't see." "And what does your father think of all this?" "I have never seen my daddy, my mommy says he works a lot in a place far away from here and that's why he can't come, but mommy always tells me that he loves us a lot and he always writes to us, sometimes I would like to meet him." Said the little unicorn regretfully. "And does he write in any way that you can read, or do his letters have any spells in them?" "No, Mommy always reads me the letters Daddy sends us, I can't read." Replied the unicorn lowering his head sadly. "I'm learning at school with a special ruler and some dots but it's hard." "I understand, try to get some sleep because you will need your energy early tomorrow morning." The queen settled down on her bed of leaves and closed her eyes to sleep. "Mmmm... ma'am, don't you have something to eat, I'm hungry." The queen opened her eyes somewhat annoyed. "Really your mother sent you to school without food?." The colt raised his head remembering something. "My mommy always puts an apple in my bag before I leave, I forgot." The unicorn stretched his hoof looking for the bag where he had left it, feeling some stones, the queen's paw, and finally his bag. "Here it is." He took it with his hooves and opened it with his magic, then he began to take out the things inside and leave them in front of the queen without realizing it, and from the bottom, he took out a couple of apples slightly puzzled. "How strange, my mommy always puts only one apple, today she gave me several." The colt didn't give it much importance. "Ma'am, would you like an apple?" He asked extending his hoof into the air with an apple. "No thanks, I'm not hungry." Replied the queen. "That's okay, I'll leave it here in case you get hungry later." The foal left an apple in front of the queen. "At school, we were taught to always share food." He commented before biting into his fruit and eating it happily. The little unicorn made much more noise than normal to eat a single apple, enjoying every bite, continuing after with a second, a third, and finally a fourth apple, it was noticeable that he hadn't eaten anything all day. "I see you were very hungry." "Yes, I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast, good thing my mommy gave me a lot more fruit than other times." "Sometimes mares have good ideas, now that you are fed go to sleep, it's late and I don't want to be awake any longer than necessary." Said the queen settling back on her bed of leaves. "Mmmm... Ma'am, could you tell me a bedtime story." The foal asked in a low voice as if trying not to disturb his caretaker. The queen opened her eyes again knowing that she could not sleep without fulfilling the little unicorn's wish. "Must I?" Asked the queen well annoyed. "Please?" The unicorn's pleading voice was a very effective attack on the changeling monarch's most sensitive nerve. "Ugh, fine... but it'll be a short story and then you'll go to sleep, okay?" "Okay." Nodded the unicorn happily looking in the queen's direction. Chrysalis cleared her throat before she began. "A long time ago there was a kingdom where its queen lived in peace and harmony with all her subjects, everyone loved her and was always eager to do her bidding, until one day while making a friendly visit to a neighboring kingdom she met the most handsome unicorn in the region and after a few days of talking and living together they were both eager to get married, but a pink mare who was consumed by her envy towards the beautiful queen tried to stop their wedding, this queen managed to stop her and lock her in a dungeon but she did not count that this mare had many allies consumed by the same uncontrolled envy." The young unicorn listened excitedly to the queen's every word and wagged his little tail from place to place in anticipation. "The queen fought bravely with her subjects and had the battle won until the envious pink mare used a tricky spell that prevented me...I mean the queen from getting married on the most perfect day of her life, finally, the queen for the sake of herself, her love, and her subjects decided to leave the kingdom and never come back, the end." "Wow, I've never heard that story before." Said the unicorn in surprise. "And what happened to the queen afterward?" "One day while she was strolling quietly in the forest found a very annoying companion that she couldn't get rid of." "I hope the queen has a happy ending, thank you for the story, ma'am." Finished saying cheerfully the colt before yawning and curling up a little closer to the campfire to sleep. "Rest up little one, tomorrow we will leave early in search of your mother." The queen settled down for the third time on her bed and was able to close her eyes to finally get some sleep. The next morning the queen woke up early with some hunger and saw in front of her breakfast in the shape of a unicorn, completely vulnerable and ignorant of his surroundings, as she approached to devour his love the queen remembered why the little colt was in her camp and that she would help him look for his mother without telling him that she planned to steal the love of the two ponies when they met again. Chrysalis approached the little unicorn and gently moved him to wake him up. "Hey wake up, remember we would look for your mother." Said the queen before stretching her limbs, it wasn't one of her better nights but she was able to get some rest and regain some energy. The little unicorn woke up from the movement and stretched his body before getting up, still very sleepy and nodding off from sleep, his mane even though it was short was very tousled and the queen without thinking used her magic to comb it and clean it a bit from the leaves. "Were you able to get some sleep?" The foal nodded his head as he blinked in a discontinued manner, apparently, his brain still wasn't fully functioning. "Are you hungry?." The foal nodded his head again giving a long yawn and wiping his eyes with his hooves. "Wait here, I'll get you something to eat." Said the queen before walking off into the forest, the little foal nodded once more before yawning again. Chrysalis searched near where she was and was able to find among the poisonous mushrooms and nasty grass some forage that the foal could eat, she also found a couple of birds that she was able to capture with her magic and be able to steal their love, finally, she went to the river and drank some water before returning to her camp carrying with her a good number of berries and some water in a large leaf, upon returning she saw that the foal was still sitting without moving an inch, the queen approached the unicorn who turned his head as he heard someone approaching. "Stretch your hooves." Said the queen to which the unicorn complied without question. "Eat these berries, I made sure they weren't poisonous, it's not much but it's enough for someone your size. The little colt opened his muzzle and ate almost all the berries in one go in a very sloppy way, smearing himself in the process and dropping some on the ground without realizing it, when he finished he licked his muzzle and wiped it with his hoof. "Thank you, they were delicious." "Are you thirsty?" The queen asked. "A little." "Here, it's water, and please don't waste it." The queen magically brought the leaf of water to the foal's muzzle and he drank almost all of it. When he finished, the queen threw the leaf to the side and extinguished the fire with some dirt so as not to raise smoke, then picked up the things of the little unicorn and placed them inside the bag before hanging it around her neck, it was not uncomfortable to use but somewhat small for her size and of a design that she would never use. "Good, now let's go in search of your mother." The queen indicated to the little unicorn to bite her tail again to set off in the direction of Canterlot, and as he did so they both walked through the forest, they had already been walking for quite a while and had made very little progress, the journey was much slower than the queen had intended. "We are doing things wrong." Said Chrysalis stopping suddenly without the little unicorn noticing and bumping her from behind. "Oh... I'm sorry." "Is something wrong ma'am?" The colt asked letting go of the queen's tail. "I said we are doing things wrong, at this rate we will reach the city by nightfall and if they are looking for you it will be harder for them to find you." "And what can we do?" The queen scratched her chin thinking of a plan and quickly came up with one, it wasn't to her liking but it was by far the best option she had at her disposal. "I have an idea." Said the queen taking the little unicorn with her magic and placing it on her back. "I'll carry you on my back for the rest of the journey so we can cover ground much faster, just hold yourself tight so you don't fall off because I don't want to hear any more of your whining if you get hurt." "Ok." The little unicorn settled on the queen's back and with his short hooves, he affirmed himself as best he could on Chrysalis' neck. "I'm ready." "Well, one more thing, what's your mother's name?" "Her name is Petal Dance, and I'm Clear Spark, it's a pleasure to meet you, ma'am, what's your name?." Replied the unicorn with a smile. "My name is... Chrysalis." Replied the queen. "The one and only." Commented at last. "Pleased to meet you Ms. Chrysalis, I know we will be very good friends." "Just hold yourself tight and use that high-pitched voice of yours to call your mother." The unicorn nodded his head and the pair set off again in search of the mother and her delightful love.