The Queen
Twilight opened her eyes to only find darkness surrounding her. She had tried to stay conscious in hopes on figuring out where she was but at some point in the night looking up at Luna’s moon she passed out from exhaustion.
“Hello?” she meekly called into the darkness.
“Quiet,” a familiar voice whispered. “We’re going to get you out of here.”
“Cadence?” Twilight said placing the familiar voice. “How did you find me?”
“This way,” the voice said as the manicals fell away from Twilights hooves and she cautiously began to walkout of the crate following the sound of her sister-in-laws voice. “We’ve kept close tabs on the Queen movement since the wedding.”
“Is shining here?” Twilight asked as she moved closer to the alicorn silhouette.
“No, I haven’t seen him since the wedding,” she said.
“What?” Twilight said confused.
“Though I really wish he’d visit. He really knew how to treat a lady if you know what I mean,” Cadences voice said as its tone took on a more sinister sound.
I green glow began to illuminate the pink face revealing a face she’d know since a child by the eyes of a villain. “Chryslis!”
“Don’t you want to do our little dance before you go,” the queen laughed. “Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake.”
Twilight said and turned to run as the queen continued to laugh only to feel her hooves glued to the floor. The green glow from not cadences horn began to grow more intense as light filled the cavernous room a long with a cackle of laughter as the illusion of her beloved foal sitter was replaced by the black misshapen alicorn queen.
“My dear, little Twillight,” she smiled.
“Let me go!” Twilight said as she struggled against the manicals that had magically wrapped around her legs and held her tightly in place.
“Why would I do that?” she said. “It’s almost dinner time.”
The queens horn began to glow and pull at the princess aura, Twilight could feel the something burn with cold from the pit of her heart, the intense pain causing her eyes to tear. She tried to fight it, but it was like pulling taffy as her aura stretched away from her.
“I am going to get used to this,” Crysalis cooed in delight as if she had just finished a decadent desert. “I mean the love, friendship, and mixed in with all that magic, you are maybe the tastiest creature ever.”
Twilight wanted to respond, but it seemed her will was drained away too. She had barley the energy to breath let alone stand and challenge her captor.
“I don’t want to gloat, but I will,” the black queen chuckled to herself. “With the power, I can drink from you, not only will I be able to feed my children, but I can become more powerful than Celestia. We will be able to leave this barren land and make our home in the heart of Equestria. Nothing to say, princess Sparkle? Well I do. I think I like seconds, besides you should always clean you plate.”
The stabbing pain was like an icicle driven into her heart as she was helpless to fight against her this time. She closed her tearing eyes and let go.
Twilight was surrounded by a white ethereal light, it reminded her of the plain she stood on during asention. She was relaxed. She felt at peace.
“AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!” Twilight screamed and gasped and coughed every fiber of her being feelling like it was being pressed into a bed of nails, Twilight looked around the room panicked only to see, Crysalis with a startled look on her face.
“Well that is interesting,” the queen said with a smile of delight that frighten the purple princess even more that she was already, “Very interesting.”
“Wha…wha…what’s so interesting,” Twilight spat out.
“You. You are intresting,” the queen said leaning closer.
“Why?”
“Why? Well you are truly an alicorn immortal,” Crysalis said, matter of fact. “You are like a cornucopia of emotion and magical energy. I can drink you until you die and you’ll just come back. I’ll feed on you and become the most powerful being in Equestria. Oh this is going to be perfect.” She sang the last few words.
The young princess couldn’t even sob due to the exhaustion and pain from the feeding all she could do was lay there on the cold stone floor and let the tears slip from her eyes.
* * * *
The sun gently floated in the window creeping across Twilights eyes rousing her from a groggy sleep. “Very funny mother,” she thought as she wiped the sleep from her eyes. “I can’t believe that dream, that nightmare.”
She walked over to the bathroom and turned on the faucet and used her telekinisis to splash water on her face. “Crysalis!” Twilight gasped jumped back and turned horn charged with a defensive spell, as the dark queen appeared in the mirror behind her. She ran in to the bedroom wondering how the queen could have moved so fast.
“Twilight! Where are you?” a faint echo of voice called.
The lavender mare turned her head and twitched her ears focusing in on the quietest sound. She had to concentrate to block out the sound of her own heart pounding in her ears.
“Twilight! Where are you?” the voice called again, stronger this time, coming from down the steps.
The mare cautiously crept down the stair case of her library, the defensive spell still cycled in her horn. A dark pony form popped into existence and she threw up a shield, and a second later the form was gone. She tried to get a better look but the image was like looking through blurry glass. “Come out Crysalis! I know you’re down her,” she shouted trying to summon he bravery.
“Twilight?” the voice said again as if a whisper in her ear causing her to turn in a panicked circle.
Out of the corner of her eye she could see a ripple in the air, and decided to charge an offiencive spell, figuring that the queen was camofloge in herself, like a camelion. She fired as the dark form began to take shape, but the bolt of magic only exploded books on the shelf.
“Twilight? Where are you?” the voice said again, stronger this time.
“Isn’t that the question I should be asking you?” she said her voice dripping with sarcasam.
“No, dear niece, you are the one who is missing,” Luna’s voice now clear as day said as her dark form manifested behind the frightened and panting princess.
“Luna!” she said.
“Twilight,” the dark princess said wrapping her niece up in her forelegs.
“What’s going on?” Twilight said.
“You are in a dream,” Luna explained. “It took me a while to find you. Do you know where you are? Do you remember?”
If she hadn’t looked ragged before the memory of her true state began to take hold. “I’m with Crysalis. She holding me. She’s fee-fee-fee-“ she could finish the sentence and Luna could only nuzzle her again and stroke her mane.
“Do you know where you are?” she asked.
“I’m in there hive, underground I think,” she said. “We must have traveled at least a week. I think were in the desert somewhere?”
“Well that will help narrow our search,” Luna said looking down at the young alicorn.
“Luna, when I was taken,” Twilight began and paused, “I was with somepony. A very special somepony.”
“Yes,” Luna said.
“She gave her life trying to help me escape,” she said tears beginning to fall. “I need you to send somepony to find her and . . . it just isn’t right that she just lay in the open like that.”
“You need not worry,” Luna said a smile tugging at the corner of her muzzle. “You’re marefriend survived. She is in Canterlot.”
“Really?” Twilight said her eyes wide and a grin on her face. “Trixie is alive! Tell her . . .”
“I will tell her. I can feel you starting to wake,” Luna said knowing time was short. “The whole kingdom is searching for you. We will find you. Keep hope.”
Twilight opened her eyes to the stark, dark stone floor and braced herself for what was to come, but this time knowing that there would be an end, there would be a rescue.