The evil trio of Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow had been broken out of their stone prisons by the real Grogar a short time ago. They'd kidnapped Starlight Glimmer's daughter Luster Dawn and exchanged her for Grogar's Bewitching Bell with the Mane 6. They'd tried to outsmart the evil ram and put a trap in the bell's magic that he absorbed. But he'd been one step ahead of them and now he'd taken their main enemies, Twilight Sparkle and her friends, to some place where he would deal with them himself. Now things looked hopeless for the trio as they stood in the ruins of the Castle of Two Sisters surrounded by enemies. Starlight, her husband Sunburst and friend Trixie Lulamoon, the Young Six (now adults), Thorax and other changelings, Ember, Spike, and many other dragons. They were heavily outnumbered, but many ponies were down from fighting with the monsters. It would have been unclear of who would win if not for Discord being there and at full power.
"Give it up!" Starlight ordered. "You can't win against all of us. Your army is gone! Discord has his powers back!"
Chrysalis bared her teeth. She would not give up. She couldn't give up. Everything, she had to have everything! She was a Queen. It was her destiny to rule! But now, her very life was in the hands of the Spirit of Chaos.
Tirek and Cozy Glow looked uncertain.
"Maybe we should give up," Cozy Glow said.
"We can't!" Chrysalis said. "If we give up, they'll send us all to Tartarus!"
"Well, at least we'd be alive!" Cozy Glow said. "Maybe they'll release me at some point. I'm still a filly after all!"
"That didn't stop them from turning you to stone for twenty years like us!" Tirek reminded her.
"Which was rather unfair!" Cozy said.
"It doesn't have to be that way!" a voice said.
A changeling stepped forward out of the crowd. It was Thorax's wife, Cricilinas. She looked at Chrysalis with pleading eyes.
"Chrysalis, please, listen to me. A fellow changeling."
Chrysalis frowned, "Why should I listen to you?"
"Because I want you in the hive again!"
The words of her former subject stunned her.
"I know that you always craved power above all else," Cricilinas said. "But I also know that you also cared about the hive! You provided for us, nurtured us when we were hatchlings, fed us love! We were always hungry, starving! But everything you did, you did to keep us alive, and for that, many of us were grateful. But now, we don't have to take love! We can share it with others! We'd even being willing to share some with you, if you just let us in!"
Chrysalis hesitated, the words of the changeling affecting her dark heart.
Starlight Glimmer suddenly came forward. She frowned at Chrysalis,
"I once made you an offer to be a ruler your subjects deserved. You refused. Where did it get you? Defeat and being trapped in stone for twenty years! You could have had your hive, but instead, you turned your back on it. I… I might never be able to forgive you for kidnapping Luster… but I offer you one last chance for redemption! That goes for you two as well!" she said, pointing to Tirek and Cozy. "It might take some time, but after serving some time you could return to your hive if they are willing to take you, Chrysalis."
Chrysalis made an expression like the one that she had when Starlight first offered. Then Cricilinis walked forward, offering a hoof.
Chrysalis looked at the hoof, the words of Cricilinis and Starlight seeming to cut deeper than any blade. If she had accepted Starlight’s offer back then, she could have remained the leader of the changelings as they went through a new age. She had instead turned her back on it, just as she had accused Thorax of doing so. It had felt awful, being alone and without the hive she had done everything for. She had wanted power, and she had lost everything in her pursuit of it. She’d wanted to be Queen of the Changelings, to control all other creatures. But was the last part really necessary? Without her hive, she had just felt so incomplete… Tirek and Cozy had filled in the void even if they got on her nerves every so often. If she could just have her hive back, maybe… that would be enough?
Chrysalis then felt an urge. She clutched her teeth then-
She swatted Cricilnis’s hoof away as she had Starlight’s long ago.
“Never! I’ll never settle for anything less than ruling over everything!” Chrysalis shouted.
She flew back and looked at the pony who had taken everything from her. This was it… if it was the last thing Chrysalis did… she would get her revenge on Starlight Glimmer. Glaring with pure hatred, Chrysalis charged up her magic to prepare a fatal attack. She unleashed it as Starlight shot her own spell to counter. Starlight’s spell quickly began to get pushed back, and she let out a look of fear. Then Thorax added his own magic, then Sunburst and Trixie joined as well. The combined strength of three unicorns and a changeling was enough to completely overpower Chrysalis even in her enhanced form. She didn’t have time to stop it like she had against the combination of Spike and Rarity. The spells hit her, knocking her to the ground.
With a growl, she got back up again. No matter what… she would never give up.
Starlight looked at her archenemy with a sad frown.
“You leave me no choice!” she said as her horn glowed a darker blue than usual.
Her spell hit Chrysalis directly above the heart, the changeling froze, her mouth falling open. Then she fell to the side and lay still.
“So ends the Queen,” Thorax said sadly as he gazed upon the lifeless body black as its heart.
“No!” Tirek screamed.
Overcome with rage for the loss of his comrade, he roared and prepared to charge an attack of his own. Discord flinched and instinctively snapped his fingers. Tirek vanished in a flash. For a second, everyone wondered where he’d gone. Then a loud scream sounded from above as a massive form plummeted toward the ground. Tirek had been sent a mile into the sky… and the force he hit the ground with was enough to cause a small earthquake.
“Tirek!” Cozy screamed.
Her comrades were defeated. She knew she had no chance… the villainous filly bowed her head, sobbing. Discord snapped his fingers again. Her horn vanished.
Starlight looked at Cozy Glow. “Take her away!”
As Occellus and Silverstream took hold of her with the rest of the Young 6 staying close by, Cozy Glow shot them a look of pure hatred. It was clear to Starlight they were never going to redeem this filly now. She could only watch as the psychotic child was escorted away.
She was put in a cage in Tartarus, all alone. Cerberus had been let out since there was no one here to guard. But he would called be back now as he was needed. Cozy Glow glared at the retreating figures of most of the Young 6. Hatred erupted in her as the grief passed.
“I’ll get out of here!” she screamed. “And I will have my revenge somehow!”