The rattling of chains filled Chrysalis' ears as they locked away the pony in their cell. She could hear the painful grunts from the pony but said nothing so far. The scene before her kept making her have flashbacks of her first night in the dungeons. The feeling was very uncomfortable since you could barely move and had to adjust to the cold, empty halls.
Well, it's not really empty anymore.
Once the guards finally left the scene, Chrysalis peered off her cell to get a first good look at the captured foal. She had a salmon-pink coat, which, Chrysalis admitted was an ugly color, and had a curly, light blue mane with a white ribbon tied on her mane. Her scarlet eyes were strained with annoyance, and Chrysalis could see a tiny bit of her cutie mark, although she couldn't tell what it was. Chrysalis also noticed that she too had her hind legs chained and saw that her wings were tied onto her body with rope.
Once again, Chrysalis was surprised to see a foal down in the same dungeon as her. She thought that all fillies were mindless innocent idiots who would do anything to please their sappy Princesses. What surprised her even more was that Princess Celestia and Luna were willing to send a child to prison.
And they call themselves righteous and fair? Chrysalis rolled her eyes.
The sound of the chain on her hind leg seemed to alert the filly. When the two inmates locked eyes for the first time, she let out a startled gasp.
"Oh, golly! I didn't see you there!" the foal exclaimed. "You... you hide well in the shadows."
Golly. Chrysalis' eyes were half-closed when she became irritated by that word. I hope she said that only because she was startled.
"Yeah, well, you better get used to it," Chrysalis grunted; her voice not welcome at all. "It's dark in this cold, grimy place," she muttered.
"Yeah, they should've given me a blanket." the foal said, wrapping her hooves around her body, and started shivering. Chrysalis raised an eyebrow, unsure whether the shivering was overexaggerated or not.
"Oh, give me a break. It's not that cold." Chrysalis rolled her eyes again. "You ponies are so sensitive. No wonder you wear those stupid winter clothes all the time in the winter."
The foal's eyebrows raised. "What do you mean by 'you ponies'? Aren't you one?"
Chrysalis suddenly hissed at her, to which the foal let out an "eep" as she was startled once again.
"You disgust me if you ever think that I'm one of your pathetic kind." Chrysalis rasped. "Do you have any idea of who I am?"
"Ok, ok, I'm sorry, jeez." she raised her hooves to calm her down. "In my defense, it's not like I can see you well from here."
"Well, isn't it obvious as to who I am?" Chrysalis scoffed, annoyed at her obliviously. "I am Queen Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings. Who else could it be?"
After she explained her identity, the foal gasped and covered her mouth with her hooves. She seemed rather fearful now that she realized who she really was, and seemed like she immediately regretted calling her a pony. "You're the Queen of the Changelings? They said that I would get some company, but I didn't think that it could be you!"
Finally, someone still respects me. Chrysalis smirked proudly.
"In the flesh," she said, giving her a smug expression.
"Oh wow, I've heard so much about you." the foal gazed at her in awe. "I didn't think that I would be in the same dungeon as you. But wait, technically you're not a queen anymore, now that Thorax took over."
Her one moment of her well-deserved pride vanished when she mentioned the traitor's name. She glared at her once more. "Thorax is nothing but a joke. He's the pretended ruler of the changelings. He did nothing to earn the title, and he never will." she spat.
She was about to say something different, then she remembered the first part of what she said. "Wait, what kind of things did you hear about me?" she asked with a suspicious look.
"Oh, uh," the foal looked away nervously. "Not very good things."
Chrysalis grumbled. She turned her head away. "Nevermind. I don't care."
She looked at the foal from the corner of her eye. Despite being a pony, she wasn't nearly as oblivious as the other ponies she had encountered. This was surprising since foals were supposed to be dumber than adults.
"Now, since I've introduced myself, it's your turn," Chrysalis said to the filly. "Why are you here, to be exact? It's not every day that a small pony such as yourself goes to prison with the likes of me."
"Well, yeah, because I have a different mindset from the rest of those fools." she boasted with a slight smirk.
"Oh?" Chrysalis raised an eyebrow again. This time, out of intrigue. "What makes you different than the rest?"
Cozy Glow rolled her eyes. "Oh come on, Chrysalis—"
"It's Queen Chrysalis, thank you very much!" Chrysalis shouted.
"Ok, ok, Queen Chrysalis. You really think that just because I'm a pony, I would just blindly be goody two shoes?" she asked her with a disappointed look. "Ponies can be just as wicked and nasty as you. They just don't have the desire or drive for it. They're too keen on friendship and happiness to even have a bit of a bad bone in them."
She doesn't talk like an average foal. Chrysalis thought as she listened to Cozy Glow's words. But she didn't entirely believe her.
"Oh, some ponies do have a bad bone in them, but they always get reformed in the end. Just like Princess Luna and Discord." Chrysalis spat.
"And Starlight." Cozy Glow muttered quietly, seemingly to herself, but Chrysalis had caught it.
"What about her?" Chrysalis hissed as she glared at her, unhappy that she was mentioned. "What does that fool have to do with this conversation?"
Cozy Glow looked at her with a dumbfounded expression. "Oh, you don't know?"
"Know what?"
Before Cozy Glow could say anything, the dungeon door suddenly slammed open. Four pairs of guards immediately stormed down the stairs and quickly approached the two of them. Four guards opened Chrysalis' cell and chained up her front hooves before she could even comprehend what just happened. Chrysalis let out a confused and angry hiss but said nothing to them.
The guards were softer with Cozy Glow, but like her, she also got her front hooves chained up and pushed her to make her stand beside Chrysalis.
"What's going on?" Cozy Glow's voice came out like a squeak compared to her sly and persuasive tone just seconds ago.
"Celestia and Luna want to see the two of you." one of the guards said bluntly.
"Is Twilight too scared to show her face to me?" Chrysalis said sarcastically as the guards started to push her to the dungeon door.
"Just shut up and walk." The other guard silenced them with a glare and a spear that lightly jabbed Chrysalis' side.
How dare they treat me like this? Chrysalis also gave the guard a similar glare.
Whatever it is better be worth it. Chrysalis thought grimly as the dungeon door closed behind her and Cozy Glow.