//------------------------------// // Wonderbolts by Foxler (sweetness) // Story: Tainted Love: A Twysalis Prompt Tag Collab // by Foals Errand //------------------------------// by Foxler It was a curious position Chrysalis found herself in she thought. Here she was, in Cloudsdale, in the Cloudiseum, sitting on the royal observation Cloud, and. Buck me! There’s only so many times you can say cloud before… *Ahem* No. One insectoid-equine found herself in wholly unfamiliar territory. She, a former enemy of the state, was invited to an almost Pegasus-exclusive city, to sit in the royal box of the most prestigious aviation arena ever sculpted, by invitation of her marefriend, one of the rulers of the country, which the aforementioned city was a part of, to watch said lover take part in an aerial acrobatics show when the mare in question had not been known to Chrysalis to take part in much exercise that didn’t come under one of her many forms of research. In laypony’s terms, Chrysalis was very, VERY uncomfortable. Twilight was very, VERY uncomfortable. Here she was in the most prestigious aviation arena in the world, and had been invited to participate in the First Wonderbolts show of the season, ‘as an honoured guest’ which roughly translated in her mind to; ‘You’re a princess, crowns draw crowds, come be part of our show as a publicity stunt’. Of course she had every opportunity to refuse the offer… But… Oh come on, it’s not like she’d ever get this chance any other way. She had said yes of course, partly due to Rainbow Dash’s teasing, partly because, as a unicorn, it was something she wouldn’t have even dreamt of, and of course partly because; deep down, any pony with wings has the inherent genetic trait which causes them to desire to one day become a Wonderbolt. Except Fluttershy… Well, honorary Wonderbolt anyway, this much was clear just by looking at the pony across from her, Rainbow was everything Twilight wasn’t at that moment in time; athletic, confident and with the innate passion of wanting to impress. Oh sure she had done the training, she’d spent weeks with Rainbow Dash, and frequent trips to the Wonderbolt’s training course to try and prepare her. All behind her marefriend’s back of course, it was going to be a surprise after all! But nothing could prepare her for the sheer anxiety that threatened to overwhelm her at any second. Yet all it took was a gentle hoof on her shoulder, a confident look from Rainbow, and the thought rushed into her head. “I will do this, for HER!” It was all going so well, for all about 5 seconds, until a tan mare walked into the room. “One minute till show-time!” … “Oh… hello anxiety, I missed you for a second there.” The trumpets blared out their fanfare, and Chrysalis scooted to the edge of her seat, peering up to the course above. There! Perched on the edge of a large flat cloud, flanked by Pegasi on each side, stood Twilight. Head aloft, mane billowing in the wind, looking the part for sure. Chrysalis didn’t have perfect eyesight for sure, but she could pick up on the little things, the twitch of her ear, the slight tic under the right eye… Her anxiety was clear, Chrysalis had to be there for her, now and for after, she set her jaw and then, Twilight looked down, Chrysalis looked up. “This is all going to go horribly” “This is all going to go wonderfully”. The horn rang out and the show began. Later in a Cloudsdale hotel One Changeling Queen lay serenely on a fine cloud bed, One Alicorn rolled around on it in glee. “Eeeeee, and then, when the three of them all did a barrel roll at the same time and SWOOSH! There was me, right through the middle…” Her eyes glanced to her right, where Chrysalis stared at her with a knowing smile on her lips, “Ahem, erm… well…” Twilight gathered herself “I suppose I’m just glad…” She was quickly interrupted by her marefriend stroking her mane “You worry too much Twilight, you know that right?” “Well…” “You should have more faith in your abilities” The changeling pulled her close and pecked the mare on the cheek, winking she finished. “Like I do”