Grogar looked at the princess he had imprisoned in a magic bubble. She was serverly weakened after having her magic taken away by his specially designed shackles. Twilight barely managed to look up.
"Well, well if it isn't the element of magic herself. I was pretty surprised to see you come flying to solve the problem, to be completely honest i was expecting miss kindness, considering her long standing history of taming the most dangerous of creatures, but i won't complain." Seeing the alicorn despertarly try to break free, made him giggle "my plan might just have took a turn for the better"
"Who- are- you?"
"Oh how rude of me i forgot to introduce myself. I am grogar father of monsters and first emperor of Equestria, soon the last emperor of Equestria" He laughed.
"You- won't- get- away- with- this!"
"I've always been a admirer of your kinds blind trust in faith, makes sewing disstrust among your ranks easier" the princess looked ready to kill him, but he knew very well that behind her brave expression lies fear about loved ones and her future subject. "I also admire how passionate you are about protecting your people, you would've made a great ruler, too bad you will never get that chance" grogar left the room.
Trough the stony halls he could hear two flattering insect wing. "There you are Chrysalis, you took care of the issue, correct?"
"Yes the two ponies won't bother you anymore"
"Excellent, and i thougt things were about to get messy"
"There will be no need for that, now where should i put them?" This question confused grogar.
"I hope you aren't planning to bring them into the hideout" then he saw two cacoons chrysalis carried with her magic. "No! You will throw them into the swamp water immediately"
"But i can't keep living of those pony foods i need love!"
"Immediately!" Begrudingly she threw them into the swamp water outside.
"There can i go now, unless you have any other grudges that i need to take care of ?"
"No you earned a break for once"
Chrysalis leaned on a rock exhausted, her purple log Was sitting just a few miles away on a seat shaped Rock. "Something is wrong with me" the fact she was currently having therapy with a log proved that fact to be correct. "Since me and those other two retrieved grogars Bell and decided to build an alliance, things have changed i mean just last night i tucked that little demon into bed, then that same demon ruined my pancakes with those horrible drawings, which was just- just-" Chrysalis was clearly struggling to say the Word "sweet..." she wanted to say annoying, but realized fairly quickly that the gesture actually managed to somehow dig his way trough the thousands of Walls she built up and touch her heart just slightly.
"What kind of magic did that filly cast upon me, why do i feel the need to protect her so much. And don't even get me started on that Red centaur he always finds a way to make my blood boil, yet he has proven that i can trust him, he did give me back my magic, eventough he's so obssesed with being all powerful..." she stared at the log hoping for some sort of answer, however the log didn't answer, probably because it is still an inanimate object.
Could it speak would it probably say "maybe you should hire an actual therapist, when you take over Equestria, that should probably be your number one priority" or in short "please get help"
"Chrysalis! Are you talking to your log again?" Cozy came up behind chrysalis.
"I sincerely hope you two coming into my room without knocking isn't going to become a trend"
"How are we supposed to knock? only mine and Tireks room has a door"
"Then ask if you can come in, did nopony teach you any manners?" Chrysalises Tone was snarky.
"Ok i will try to remember it, but that was not the reason i came here"
"So what made you want to talk to me"
"Chrysalis i want you to be completely honest with me, are you planning to betray us?" Cozys serious Tone mixed in with that question made chrysalis break out in laughter.
"I? Betray you two? Oh no, no i just had an unpleasant conversation with the goat that's all" Cozy didn't laugh, instead she looked skeptical.
"Are you lying?"
"Are you questioning my loyalty to the group?" Eventough she tried her best to hide it, she felt a little bit hurt that her two teammates would honestly accuse her of betrayal.
"It's just, after i'm no longer useful to you, there's nothing standing in your way to drain my love, ponies are known for being basically living love banks. So why shouldn't you?" Chrysalis often threatened her allies with draing them dry, but those were mostly empty threats. No matter how angry she was, she just couldn't do it! Any other creatures love was always tempting, yet Tirek and Cozy never appealed to her, no matter how much love they had.
"Just because we are going to sepperate doesn't mean we need to betray eachother"
"So you really aren't plannning anything?"
"Yes, should you however not leave in the next 30 seconds i might change my mind"
"Ok doki! You will still be there for game night, right?"
"Not like i've got anything better to do, now scram!" Cozy did as she was told. "Did you hear what she said! Me being a betrayer! Such complete nonsense!" if the log had eyebrows one would be raised right now. "Yeah i am known for lying and tricking, but i never lied to any of my allies! How dare they question the Queen! You know what how about i have a Chat with that centaur before he has any ideas!" She didn't wait for an answer, she just flew right into the living room.
"Ah chrysalis do you mind? I'm currently in the middle of finding the right spell"
"Don't worry i'll make myself short. That annoying Pest told me you thougt i was planning a betrayal of some sort, well rest assured i just had a bad chat with grogar that's it" Chrysalis wanted to leave, when Tirek started to speak.
"Why?"
"Would it kill you to be more specific?"
"What did you talk about with grogar?" An awkward silence came into excistence. Was it really right to tell him? What if grogar was watching?
"That is non of your Business"
"If you don't tell me i've no reason to believe you"
"Ugh fine, just promise when the blue ramp comes that you were guilty. So i got the Mission to get rid of cozys Parents" a sudden realization crept upon Tireks face.
"Was that the reason for your interest in her family?"
"Maybe"
"But why would he want that?"
"As it turns out our grogar got a adopted daughter, who writes him since a while, i happen to read some of there letters and in many harmony the daughter wanted to organize a reunion between the family. Grogar wasn't so fond of that and next Thing i know i'm carrying two cacoons filled with two unicorns"
"Where are they now?"
"Well he wouldn't let me keep them as love reserves, so i had to throw them into the swamp water"
"You could've given them to me, any free magic is good magic" Chrysalis was more than just surprised at his reaction
"Interesting, i expected more of an outburst from you, considering how much you care about cozys well being the news of me trying to hurt her parents might- anger you"
"First of all i don't care about her, it's just that she won't be a good helper dead or unhappy"
"Makes perfect sense" there was clear sarcasm in her voice.
"Shut up, anyway secondly even if i did care about her, why should it disturb me if her parents got her from her story they didn't seem to be exactly good parents" he did make a good point, was she perhaps being overdramatic? No Queen chrysalis was never overdramatic, she was always reasonable!
"Good now that we have that clear, how ist that spell going?"
"Not great, i wasn't able to concentrate, because i was too busy thinking about your possible Betrayal"
"Aw so you were thinking about me, how sweet"
"Your teasing doesn't help, at least try to be useful"
"Fine let me see this" she ripped the book out of his hands, staring at it for a second, before her eyes widened in shock, she let the book fall to the floor.
"What in- Chrysalis what has gotten into you!" Tirek carefully picked the book back up cleaning it with his hands.
"Read the page again!" She sounded horrified. He did as he was told.
"Fine. So to activate the bell a special spell must be cast on a... pony, the race doesn't matter. The pony in question must be hit with the incantation right in the heart, this will then cause the ponys heart to slowly turn to stone, whenever they use their specific talent (pegasuses Flight, earth ponies strength and unicorns magic), should they're heart be fully turned to stone the pony will die in that circumstance the bell remains unusable, however if the pony dies under different circumstances the bell will be activated. The pony surviving for a whole day will also kill it, but the bell will remain locked." Under the text a spell was written. Tireks hands trembled, if it was because of anger or horror not even he could tell. The two shared a look of realization. Now they knew for what Cozy was needed