A New Home II: A Queen's Revenge

by APoeticHeart


Chapter Fourteen


After leaving their three new allies behind to fight the last remaining changeling drones, the Elements of Harmony, along with Princess Cadence made their way into the castle. As they entered, there were taken aback at the darkness that consumed the once vibrant, colorful palace. They gasped as the whole interior of the castle was all black, except for the windows giving off an ominous eerie green glow.


“This interior is just ghastly,” Rarity placed a hoof on her chest, and made a look of pure disgust. “Queen Chrysalis must really like that Goth style of fashion… bleh.” She shook her head in shame.


Pinkie Pie slowly bounced behind the others “Yea. She likes parties that are gloomy and not fun at all.” A frown crept across her lips.


Twilight stopped trotting, and turned to the others. “Alright girls, Cadence and I will go search for the princess, and you four go look for Toby.” She gave them a look of determination, and they nodded in agreement, setting off to find their child.


While hovering through the many darkened corridors of the palace, a faint cry could be heard. “Huh…huh…huh…huh…” Fluttershy gasped oh no that sounds like Toby’s cry she thought to herself as she shot off in the direction the cry was coming from. Don’t worry my baby boy, Momma’s coming.


“Fluttershy, hold on!” Rainbow Dash shot off after her.


“C’mon yall, we got to see where the little feller’s at.” Applejack looked at Rarity and Pinkie Pie, and all three galloped off to catch up to the two Pegasi.


After flying for what felt like an eternity to her, Fluttersy came upon the doors to Celestia’s bedroom where she could hear the cry more clearly. “Toby, are you in there sweetie?” She placed her head up close to the door to see if she could hear anything.


With his head down, and shuddering with a mix of fear and sobs, Toby could hear the voice of his mom. “Momma?,” he weakly spoke as he looked to see Chrysalis still asleep.


Tears stung Fluttershy’s eyes as she heard the voice of her son “TOBY!” She fluttered backwards a few feet away from the door, and charged forward, using her shoulder as a battering ram, but was unable to budge the door open “Gah…” She winced in pain, but shook her shoulder, and fluttered backwards again.


“Fluttershy, STOP!” Rainbow Dash shouted, and flew up beside her. “What in the hay do you think you are doing? You are going to wake…” She was cut off by a loud cry “MOMMA!”


Chrysalis blinked her eyes open, letting out a yawn, causing Toby to immediately silence himself. She gave an evil grin as she thought to herself let them come. She slowly stood up, and enveloped Toby in her magic, causing him to tremble.


On the other side of the door, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were continuing to ram into the door using their shoulders as battering rams, but still to no avail. Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rarity came galloping up to see the two trying hard to break down the door. They were about to ram into it again, until Rarity caught both of their tails in her magic.


“Rarity let me go! My baby boy is behind this door,” Fluttershy struggled in Rarity’s aura, and grunted with frustration.


“I know darling, but we got to…” She was cut off as the door slowly opened with a green aura surrounding it. Rarity let go of her magic around Fluttershy’s and Rainbow’s tails as she swallowed nervously to see what was behind the door.


Chrysalis’ evil grin grew wider as the door opened, and she was staring at five of the six Elements of Harmony. She was sitting on her haunches as the five mares trotted in carefully “Well, well, well, it looks look Celestia’s precious ponies has come after all.” She let out a low chuckle.


Fluttershy stomped her hoof against the palace floor, and looked at Chrysalis with a scow of anger etched on her face. She stared daggers at the changeling queen “Where is my son Chrysalis?” She gritted her teeth, and breathed heavily.


The others furrowed their burrows in determination and anger as they glared at Chrysalis.


“Ah… so the tasty little morsel is your son after all,” she let out a sinister laugh, and carefully trotted to the side revealing the small, helpless, and shackled child to the floor. Fluttershy and the other gasped and looks of terror crept across their faces.


“Oh my baby,” Fluttershy cried as she galloped toward him. When she approached him she bounced back after hitting an unseen shield. She winced a little in pain, but reached out to see the shield ripple with green magic, and stared up at Chrysalis with pure anger “What have you done to him you monster?”


Toby weakly lifted his head to reveal his tear stained face as he looked up at his mom, and the rest of his family. They gasped, and had tears of their own threatening to escape when they saw him in the condition he was in. He gave a sad smile, and tried to scoot closer to them, but the weight of the shackles and chains were too heavy. “Momma, Auntie Rarity, Auntie Applejack, Auntie Pinkie, and Auntie Rainbow, I am so sorry.” He shuddered with sobs as he lowered his head back down.


Fluttershy couldn’t hold her tears in any longer as she allowed them to cascade down her cheeks, and reached out to touch at the veil surrounding her son. “No my precious little one, please don’t blame yourself for anything. None of this is your fault,” her lips quivered with sadness as she looked at her son in shackles, and chains.


“Aw… this is such a tender moment… not,” Chrysalis lit her horn up, and shot a beam of her magic at the five. She blasted them against the wall of the room, causing them to collapse to the floor onto their stomach. She let out a lowly chuckle “Aw… and I thought the Elements of Harmony are supposed to be all powerful.”


“NO! MOMMA!,” Toby screamed as he struggled in restraints, only to wince in pain. He cried out to Fluttershy “Momma, please get up,” he started to tremble in fear as he watched his mom slowly, and weakly get up, along with the others.


Fluttershy grunted and panted heavily, but looked at her son in pain; both physical and emotional. She gave him a soft reassuring smile “Don’t worry my baby boy, Momma is okay.” The others shook off the pain of being blasted and looked at Chrysalis with looks of determination.


“Alright you ruffian, if that is how you want to handle things…” Rarity flicked her mane, stood up on her hind legs, and raised her forelegs in a fighting stance “Then I will be more than honored to rip you to shreds.”


Applejack titled her hat and licked at her lips “Rarity’s right ya no good scoundrel. Ya want to hurt our little nephew, ya are going to have to through us.” She kicked her forelegs against the floor.


Pinkie Pie stood in attack mode, and growled “Yea you mean meanie pants. No one messes with my little wittle nephew and gets away with it,” she snarled, furrowed her brows in anger.


Rainbow Dash hovered in the air looking at Chrysalis with strong intent “Yea you hag. If you mess with my little buddy, you better be ready for a good old fashioned bucking.” She licked her lips and pounded her fore hooves together.


Chrysalis let out a simple giggle “Well this should be fun then,” she quirked an eyebrow and lit her horn up, preparing to blast them with another beam of her magic. Toby looked on in fear, trembling, and weakly struggling in his chains and shackles. The changeling queen looked over at the helpless child, and smirked evilly “Say goodbye to your family little one,” she let out a cackle, and released her beam of magic.


“NO!” Toby screamed as he watched as the beam aimed for his family, and he struggled harder, only to hurt himself more. He cried in pain, lowering his head afraid to see his family get hurt.


Suddenly the beam bounced off of an invisible shield, ricocheted all over the room, until hit Chrysalis in her side. She let out a cry of pain, but shook it off quickly. “W-what happened? I never miss,” she looked on in shock, but stomped her hoof against the floor in anger.


A sly laugh echoed through the room, when in a flash Discord appeared. “Is that the best you have Chrissy?” He looked at her with a sly smile as she stood in front of the mares. He looked over at Toby with a look of deep concern on his face “Don’t worry little guy, I will get you free.” He snapped his talons to break the child away from his restraints, but to no avail. Discord looked on in shock to see that his magic didn’t even break the shackles and chains.


Chrysalis let out a loud cackle “Even the almighty Master of Chaos can’t even touch my magic,” she lit her horn up, shooting Discord with it, and creating a chain with her magic, wrapping it around Discord tightly. “Now you be a good little draconequus and bow to your queen.” She grinned wickedly, forcing Discord onto his knees with her magic, and lowering his head.


Discord growled with anger “I promise you Chrissy, you won…. GAH!” Chrysalis used her magic to tighten the chains around Discord. The others looked on in shock at their friend being easily overpowered.


This is all my fault. She is strong because of my love for my family. Toby thought to himself as he just sat helplessly on his knees, trembling in fear and sadness, and shuddered with sobs.

“You will call me your queen you miserable waste of space,” Chrysalis stomped her hoof close to Discord. She looked over at the broken child, and smirked evilly. “You all want to disobey your queen, then let me show you what happens to those who disobey me.” She lit her horn up, and shot a beam of magic at Toby.


“AAAHH!” Toby screamed in pain as Chrysalis shot him, causing him to shake convulsively in her magic.


Fluttershy cried out “TOBY!” She turned to Chrysalis, staring at her with rage, and shot off at her.


Chrysalis turned to see Fluttershy coming toward her, but was too later to defend herself when Fluttershy tackled her to the ground. She struggled underneath the enraged Pegasus, but found herself unable to kick her off “Get off me you...” She was cut off when a hoof was forcefully shoved in to her throat.


Fluttershy gritted her teeth, leaned her face down close to Chrysalis, and spoke with a guttural growl “YOU LET MY SON GO NOW YOU MONSTER! LET HIM GO NOW OR I PROMISE YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF EQUESTRIA EVER AGAIN!” She pushed her hoof down harder into Chrysalis’ throat, causing her to gasp for breath.


She let out a sinister laugh as she gasped “You think you can intimidate me little po…” She was cut off as she felt a hoof across her face as Fluttershy hit her hard. “Alright, alright, I will let the little morsel go.” She coughed as she waved a hoof causing the shackles, chains, and collar to immediately vanish away from Toby. However, Toby collapsed to the ground, breathing shallowly.


Fluttershy gasped, and got off Chrysalis to gallop over to her son with a look of fear and worry. The others galloped over to him as Fluttershy scooped his trembling body in her forelegs, cradling him close to her chest. She leaned her head down to nuzzle at him, tears flowing down her cheeks “Please my baby boy, stay with me. Momma’s going to make everything better,” she hovered into the air. She looked at the others “I got to take him to the hospital,” they nodded in agreement.


She flew toward the balcony, until she ran into an unseen wall, which rippled with green magic. She held Toby tight to her as an evil cackle could be heard from behind. She turned to see Chrysalis standing tall with a wide evil grin on her face “Not so fast little pony. Do you think you could get rid of me that easily?”


The others stood ready to attack.

Chrysalis grinned wider “Let it be known that this day forward, that all of Equestria will learn to bow, and obey at the hooves of Queen Chrysalis.” She let out a cackle as she lit her horn up to prepare and fire.


“Not so fast you witch,” the voice caught Chrysalis off guard as she looked around to have her gaze come upon Nikolai, Riley, Kevin, and the four princesses. Celestia had a smile of confidence etched on her face “Chrysalis, did you think it was easy for you to get rid of us?”


Chrysalis immediately furrowed her brows in anger, but made a smirk “Now every pony is here to fall at the hooves of me.” She let out one last loud cackle before lighting up her horn aiming at them all, until Nikolai stepped in front of them. Chrysalis looked at him curious “And what do you think you are doing weakling?”


Nikolai ignored Chrysalis as he closed his eyes for a bit. With a deep breath, he opened his eyes back up, and they appeared to be all black with a crimson red star like symbol where his pupils were. Tears were pouring from the edges of them, and suddenly Chrysalis’ once green eyes turned the same crimson red as Nikolai’s.


Chrysalis stood, frozen in place “W-what’s going on? I can’t move.” She was put in a trance by Nikolai’s stare.


He reached for his second katana that was in a holder on his hip, pulling it out, and handed it to Kevin without taking his gaze off Chrysalis. “Kevin, do as I told you,” Kevin nodded and grabbed the katana.


“You got it buddy,” he turned to Chrysalis, and galloped toward her, swiping the katana up, and slicing half of Chrysalis’ horn off. He galloped back over to Nikolai who blinked, and his trance like stare vanished.


Chrysalis collapsed to the ground screaming in pain “AAHH! What have you done you miserable parasite?” With her horn cut in half, the chains around Discord vanished, and he stood back up stretching out his snake like body.


Nikolai smirked “Nothing really. Just something I learned along my journey.” He looked down at Riley and rubbed between his ears, earning him a lick on the hand. He looked at Kevin “Good job kid.”


Kevin grinned sheepishly “Thanks buddy, but don’t call me kid,” the two let out a light laugh as they turned their attention back to Chrysalis, who lay on the floor on her legs, and her head lowered in defeat.


Celestia and Luna trotted up to her “Queen Chrysalis, as the true rulers of Equestria, my sister and I hereby banish you to Tartarus, where you shall live the rest of your life.” Her brows furrowed in anger. She turned to Discord “Discord, do you think you could take her, and make it a slow chaotic journey?”


Discord grinned slyly “My pleasure your highness,” he bowed his head, and turned to Chrysalis. “Okay Chrissy. I think it is time for us to get more acquainted,” he let out a chuckle, and with the snap of his lion paw, the two vanished in a flash.


Celestia and Luna let out a giggle, but suddenly frowned as they saw Fluttershy cradling her son in her forelegs. His breathing was shallower, and he was a lot weaker. Luna spoke “My dear Fluttershy, we must take our precious child to the hospital.” Fluttershy nodded as tears flowed down her cheeks.


Celestia turned to the three allies. “Thank you, you three for all that you have done for us. We couldn’t have gotten Toby back if you three didn’t join us. You are forever our friends,” her and Luna bowed their heads.


“You are welcome Princess Celestia, but you all take the little one to the hospital. He needs you all, “Nikolai nodded, along with Kevin and Riley.


Celestia nodded. She looked toward the elements, Luna, and Cadence “Every pony, gather around me, and we shall teleport to the hospital.” They all nodded as Fluttershy carefully hovered over holding her weakened and hurt son in her forelegs. The others gathered around them closely as Celestia surrounded them all with a golden aura.


Fluttershy leaned her head down to gently kiss his forehead “Please hold on sweetie.” She allowed a single tear to fall, and cradled his small form closer to her chest as they all vanished in a flash.


Nikolai sighed deeply “Well Riley, I guess it is time for us to continue our journey.” He rubbed between the wolf’s ears again, and turned to Kevin. “Hey kid, I mean young man. Would you like to join us? We could always enjoy the company.” He gave the satyr a smile.


Kevin nodded “That sounds great to me.” They let out a laugh as they walked to find their way out of the castle “Uh… how do we get out of here?”
At the Ponyville General Hospital the group appeared, and Fluttershy immediately hovered to the front desk, where a white coated mare with light pink mane and tail stood. She bared a red cross on her flank “Yes can I help…” She immediately saw the small child in the Pegasus’ arms, and suddenly trotted out from behind the desk. “What happened?”


Fluttershy’s tears flowed freely down her cheeks as she spoke between sobs “Please just help him. He’s my son, and he is too young to be suffering like this.”


Nurse Redheart nodded and yelled for a stretcher. Two other nurse ponies came trotting out with a stretcher. “Give him to me Miss. He needs to be taken to the emergency room to be examined immediately.” She reached her fore legs out, and Fluttershy gently handed her son over to the nurse pony. The nurse pony carefully placed Toby on the stretcher “You all wait out here, and I will come out to let you know when you can see him.”


“Thank you Nurse Redheart,” Princess Celestia spoke as the nurse nodded and stretchered the small child back to the emergency room.


Every pony went to sit and wait in the lobby, except for Fluttershy. She just looked at the double doors that they carried Toby through. Please hold on my baby boy. She thought to herself, and slowly trotted over to a sit in the lobby.


She let out a deep sigh. She felt bad that she couldn’t go back there with her son, but she knew that she could do nothing.


She couldn't do nothing... but wait.