by Europa
Chyrsalis trotted through her underground chambers, taking turns and buzzing up to higher levels when she needed. She passed several of her subjects and nodded her greetings to them, while they respectfully bowed and moved out of her way. Queen Chrysalis moved rapidly through the hive, heading to where her workerfriend lived. On her back there was a little platter of pony-food 'acquired' from Equestria.
She pushed the purple curtain aside and strode in, seeing Twilight Sparkle on her bed, reading a book. The unicorn looked up at her and smiled weakly. The bags under her eyes were very noticeable. which made Chrysalis frown. She may have to have her subjects feed less on the lovable pony. She'd have to ease up as well.
Seemingly ignorant of her concern, Twilight got off her bed - her legs wobbled once when she stood - and came over to her. "Chryssy!" she said in accented Hemipid. Twilight pressed her head into Chrysalis's thorax, who wrapped a foreleg behind Twilight's head and rested her head on the pony's head. "It's good to see you!"
"You too Twily," she said earnestly. "You don't look too good. Have my changelings been feeding on you too much?"
She looked down and blushed. She's so adorable like that. And ponies blush red! "I just wanted to help them," she muttered. "They looked so thin."
Chrysalis cooed at the pony. "Twilight, I know you want to help, and I'm so grateful that you let us eat your love. But you're no use to anyling drained to death. Please promise me not to let them? At least not until you get better? Remember, when you get to a biological level we're parasites. You need to be careful."
"Alright," she said weakly, pulling away and sitting on her bed. Then Twilight's face was overtaken by a sly, saucy grin. "You know, if I'm unwell by having the love drained out of me, maybe you - " she said, a hoof tracing a circle in Chrysalis's thorax plate. " - could help restock?"
Chrysalis hummed low in her throat. It was tempting, but... "Maybe later, my petal." She lit up her horn and telekinetically moved the plate off of her back's shell, plopping it on Twilight's silk bed. "For now, I brought you lunch, and I was wondering if you could give these plans a look?" Another pop of magic, and a fire circle appeared on the stone floor. When the emerald flame faded away, there was a stack of documents. On the top was, in bold Hemipid letters, the title Canterlot Invasion II.
Twilight grasped it in her magic and levitated it over, flipping through it. At the same time she lifted a hayburger out and began devouring it as if it murdered her family.
Chrysalis, for her part, moved behind the young unicorn and hugged her from behind, holding her warm-blooded body close to herself. A wide, fanged smile overtook her face as Twilight reviewed the plans and ate her lunch.
"Alright," Twilight said after reviewing it. "It looks good, but you may want to tighten up the left flank, and move more of the Imperial Guard's antimages to the observatory, that's where Celestia and Luna like to keep their battlemages." The pony twisted around and looked up at Chrysalis with large, innocent, sickly green eyes that sent a jab of guilt through her. "What do you think?"
"I..." she started weakly, looking down at the blameless emerald irises. "I think that's a brilliant idea, Twilight." She winced and looked away, hugging the unicorn tightly.
One day, she promised herself. One day I won't need hypnosis. One day, Twilight, I'll give in return instead of just taking.