On the table there was an elaborate cake, a white buttercream sculpture surrounded by a cherry for garnish, while it was surrounded by apple slices shaped like petals and coated with jam. It was one of the newest desserts that Pinkie had researched on her own, and it was just the right thing to give to Twilight to try, but at the moment she didn't have the heart to enjoy this delicacy. The fork, which was grasped by magic, was floating in mid-air, with the cake, which she had taken a bite from, stuck on it. Due to keeping the same position for a long time, the cake started to slide downwards due to gravity until it hit the plate hard, splashing cream on Twilight's cheeks and startling her.
"Hello? What are you gawking at, Twilight? Shouldn't you be enjoying the cake from Pinkie right now??" Looking at Twilight's comical appearance, Spike covered his mouth and snorted a couple of laughs before criticizing in a serious manner.
"Ah ..... Nothing~ Just thinking about something." Twilight explained as she quickly wiped the cream off her face.
"You're worried about the handover ceremony that's going to be held the day after tomorrow?" Spike said with a casual hoof, reaching out with his paw for another piece of cake and stuffing it into his mouth, while Twilight nodded:
"I was just thinking back again to that night when Ambassador Meng Yu suddenly knocked on my room door, and the more I thought about it, the more strange it seemed ..... Because normally at this time of the night the Ambassador would have already gone to bed, and she wasn't wearing that gorgeous official outfit that night, that was the first time I've seen her without clothes, and if she also had a flowing mane of hair, maybe I would have mistaken her for Princess Celestia."
"Perhaps she was in a hurry, too? Didn't she also explain to you about the Alicorn Amulet? I don't really think there's anything to worry about."
"I don't know ..... Spike ..... I always feel unsettled inside, like something bad is going to happen ..... Maybe it's because I'm afraid that something will go wrong with the Amulet? Afraid it'll fall into the bad guy's hooves again or something." As the magically controlled fork scratched haphazardly at the cream-coated plate, Twilight only felt her thoughts getting more and more jumbled as she held the necklace hanging around her neck in her hooves and gazed at the pattern on the piece of jade, completely unmotivated to enjoy the delicious cake.
"But every Equestria's evil force are already locked up by us, it's not possible that a baddie will suddenly come out of nowhere to turn Equestria upside down once again, is it??" After hearing these words, Twilight's ears popped up, and she stared straight at Spike, who seemed to have realized what was going on and hurriedly changed the subject:
"This cake of Pinkie's is really delicious, won't you wanna try?" Seeing that Twilight didn't respond, he didn't hesitate, "Then I'm going to eat it all!" After saying his words, Spike swept the remaining cake directly in front of him, and just as he opened his mouth and prepared to feast, he suddenly felt a discomfort in his throat, as if something was about to come out of it in one gush. A green flame accompanied by a burping sound erupted from Spike's mouth and headed straight for Twilight, just in the blink of an eye she skillfully turned on her magical shields as if this was the norm. After the flames, a letter followed the remnants of the flames and crashed on top of the barrier, then fell to the ground, Twilight hurriedly moved forward to pick it up, opened the sealing wax and opened it to read it.
"A letter? What does it say?" Spike patted his chest, slowed down and then hurriedly grabbed the juice on the side and drank it up
"Ch ...... Chrysalis ...... Chrysalis has escaped from Canterlot!!!?" Twilight said in an incredulous tone, but her hooves were trembling slightly, and even the scroll she was magically grasping fell to the ground. And Spike, who had heard the news, spewed out all the juice he had just taken in his mouth.
"What? How is this possible!!! Wasn't Chrysalis sealed up by you guys with magic?!" Spike rushed aside and picked up the scroll on the ground and opened it, expecting it to be one of Twilight's not-so-funny jokes, but the neatly written words on it proved to him relentlessly that everything Twilight had just said wasn't a hallucination.
"We have to go back to Canterlot immediately! Spike!!!" Twilight jumped straight out of her chair, and Spike heard her calling out to her and quickly realized it, "Coming coming! I'm ready ....." Before the words left his mouth, the sound of that magic flickering interrupted the conversational dialog and the whole room became unusually silent. But then a sudden knock sounded on the door:
"Princess? Princess Twilight? May I come in? I want to talk to you again about the matter of the Alicorn Amulet, please reconsider, this amulet is vital to us, I think we can find a moderate solution." Meng Yu's voice came from outside the door, she gently knocked on the door a few times, but after a long time, she didn't wait for a response from inside the house.
"Chancellor, is this princess not avoiding you? Since that day after rejecting you, we three times twice to visit the door, either busy or do not know where to go, must be you refused to give her friend that silk satin, so harboring a grudge." The male colt following behind Meng Yu was the first to break the silence, expressing his doubts in a low voice.
"Chancellor!! why bother with the guy more words, if that princess again refuses to hand over the Amulet, but also ask the Chancellor to allow subordinates to use force to seize! I will surely smash this Canterlot in a pitiful state." Compared to the relatively calm male colt on the side, the female colt's tone seemed a bit impulsive.
"Jin Yun, the Chancellor has instructed you many times not to act impulsively, even if the Princess refuses to come to her senses, I believe that the Chancellor has her own way of dealing with her." Stallion once again opened his mouth and criticized Jin Yun for a couple of sentences, although the latter was displeased, she didn't say anything more, she just quietly waited for Meng Yu's next instruction.
"Alright, Jin Yun Jin Yang, I taught you two not to talk behind your back, be careful of getting a bad reputation and being talked about by the colt when he hears about it." Under Meng Yu's gentle reprimand, the two colts slightly lowered their ears like children who had done something wrong, "Yes, Chancellor...."
"Since the princess isn't here, I'm sure she must have left on an urgent matter as well, let's come back to visit another day."" Meng Yu waved her sleeves, turned around and prepared to leave, the two guards also understood the situation and followed the pace of the Chancellor. However, they had just taken a few steps when the door of the house clicked and then slowly opened on its own, causing the two guards to quickly turn around and put themselves on alert.
"Princess Twilight?" Meng Yu tentatively called out again, but still did not receive any reply. Instead, Jin Yun was impatient and slowly approached the door, lighting up her magic and preparing to draw the sword at her waist. Jin Yang tried to pull her back, but was easily shaken off, so she had to stop and guard Meng Yu's side first. As the door to the room was pushed open, Jin Yun was the first to enter the room and look around, making sure there wasn't any danger before signaling the other two colts to enter the room.
"Chancellor, the Princess is not in the house, probably opened another magic teleportation to hide, I can feel the residual magic scent in the air. As well as this was found on the ground, please take a look, Chancellor." Jin Yun used her magic to pick up the scroll on the ground and delivered it to Meng Yu's hooves.
"Dear Princess Twilight, I'm very sorry to inform you that the stone statues that were secretly protected in the royal gardens have been damaged, the 'Chrysalis' one is nowhere to be found, but the other two are well preserved. We have searched the area as soon as we realized the situation, but no useful clues have been found for the time being. The gardens have been sealed off and Princess Celestia and Princess Luna have been informed. We are currently awaiting your next instructions, please proceed to Canterlot as soon as you see this message." After softly reading the above, Meng Yu stared at the contents of the scroll in silence while Jin Yun Jin Yang beside her talked in whispers.
"Go back, we'll find another time to come back."
"Yes." As the two guards responded, the three colts left Twilight's room, and during the same time they left, far away in the depths of the Everfree Forest, Feng Chen hurriedly pushed open the door of the shelter, "Queen Chrysalis, there's been a change in our plan, we have to speed up our progress now."
"Hm? What's wrong?" Chrysalis was leisurely enjoying her stored food, and Feng Chen ran to her while calling out, she was a little displeased at being disturbed by her good mood.
"My queen, the cover I set up for you in Canterlot has failed, now the entire Canterlot and Twilight know that you have escaped from there, especially Twilight, she must be very vigilant right now, trying to get close to her again ..... the risk will increase greatly."
"Pfft~ Didn't you assure me that nothing would go wrong with your protection?" After hearing her explanation, Chrysalis turned her attitude around and displayed a gloating look. Although she admired Feng Chen's skills, it seemed that Feng Chen always flaunted them in front of her, which made her a bit irritated, whether that was intentional or unintentional. At this moment, when she heard about her defeat, she definitely couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks.
"My queen, it was only a matter of time before my protection was discovered by the colt, it just came a little faster than I expected.but don't worry my queen, I've already thought of a countermeasure." Feng Chen didn't seem to care about Chrysalis' sarcasm, as if everything was within her grasp.
"Speak." Chrysalis frowned, realizing that her sarcasm did not have any effect, she could only spit out a word impatiently. Feng Chen nodded, then came a little closer, signaling Chrysalis to bend down, and after it did so, Wind Dust moved towards Chrysalis' ear and explained something in a low voice. Chrysalis' expression at first was puzzled, then his eyes lit up, and finally revealed an evil bad smile.
"Good! Just do as you say!"