//------------------------------// // Magic by TheWraithWriter // Story: Tainted Love: A Twysalis Prompt Tag Collab // by Foals Errand //------------------------------// By TheWraithWriter “I’m pregnant.” Queen Chrysalis looked up from her cup of recently brewed tea to look across the kitchen island at Twilight, who had just walked it, wearing a bathrobe and looking disheveled. The pair were currently visiting Twilight’s brother and his wife in the Crystal Empire, in an effort to show that the former invasion leader was indeed reformed and willing to make amends. But among the many things Chrysalis had prepared herself to hear during the trip, that had not been high on the list. In fact, that had been on an entirely separate list that was condemned as the ramblings of a sleep deprived Princess of Friendship and subsequently burned. Twilight’s brother Shining Armor, who had been eating some oatmeal adjacent to Chrysalis, dropped his spoon in shock. “I’m sorry, Twilight dear, I had a late night, as you know, and have yet to have my morning tea,” Chrysalis said in a strangely calm tone. “Would you remind repeating that for me?” she asked as she lifted the cup of tea to her lips. Twilight took a deep breath before speaking again. “Chrysalis, I’m pregnant.” Chrysalis then did a magnificent spit-take, spewing hot tea all over Shining Armor. “Ahhh!” As the Guard Captain turned Royal Consort cried out in pain and dropped to the floor, Chrysalis stared at Twilight. “Are you sure?” she asked, ignoring Shining’s plight. Twilight nodded as she walked over to the island. “I did twelve of the best pregnancy tests and they all came back positive.” the purple alicorn let out a strangled breath. “Chryssi, what are we going to do?” Before Chrysalis could answer, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza entered the scene. Noticing her husband laying in a puddle of tea on the floor, she helped him to his hooves before addressing the others. “Good morning Twilight, Chrysalis, Shiny. Something I miss?” she said, looking at the other’s worried and/or shocked expressions. “Twilight said she’s pregnant,” Shining said, removing his now tea-stained morning shirt. Cadance’s face slipped into an oddly serene state. She glanced over at Chrysalis, focusing on the steaming cup of tea in her grasp. “Chrysalis, mind if I have a sip of that?” Still trying to process what was happening, Chrysalis didn’t really think about the request, wordlessly hoofing over her tea. Cadance silently accepted the cup and took a long sip from it. And promptly sprayed it over Shining as well. “My nips!” Shining cried in a voice several octaves high than normal, physically leaping into the air before crashing back onto the floor. “She’s what?!” Cadance shouted at Chrysalis. She then turned to Twilight herself. “You’re what!?” “Pregnant…” Chrysalis murmured, beginning to pace. “It doesn’t make any sense!” “You two have been, you know…” Cadance gestured vaguely with her hooves. “But we used a condom!” Chrysalis stated. Cadance shook her head. “It’s been known to happen. They’re not a hundred percent effective you know.” Chrysalis stopped pacing and pointed a hoof to Twilight, almost in an accusatory fashion. “She was the one wearing it!” Silence fell over the kitchen as all of the ponies and pony-shaped insectoids thought over this information. Mostly anyway. There was the sound of retching coming from where Shining had fallen. Twilight was the first to break the relative silence. “Chryssi, that was last night.” the sound of retching intensified. “I only checked because this was the third morning this week I threw up.” Chrysalis let out a shaky breath. “…Oh. Good.” Cadance nodded, feeling like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. “Well, that saves countless hours of therapy, for all ponies, changelings, and fetuses present.” Twilight nodded. “But… how then? We’re very careful anytime we… ah, experiment.” Chrysalis racked her head for an answer. “I don’t know…. Wait! When we went to see Celestia and Luna last month. You know, when she tried to kill me with salt.” Candace raised an eyebrow. “Luna tried to kill you? With salt?” “It was Celestia.” “Celestia tried to kill you with salt?” “She did not, stop saying she did,” Twilight interjected irritably. “After dinner we stayed up watching that show and drinking that wine you stole-” “Borrowed,” Chrysalis insisted. Twilight rolled her eyes. “-borrowed from the kitchens. And then you said you had an idea and we…” Twilight stopped short, blushing. Cadance frowned. “So you’re telling me that you two…” Twilight nodded. Cadance looked to Chrysalis. “And you had a…” The changeling nodded. “Yep.” Cadance quirked an eyebrow. “Okay, but… how?” Twilight seemed to think on it for a moment before shrugging. “Magic,” she answered simply. Chrysalis nodded. “Magic.” Cadance sighed. “Alright, magic.”