Having slightly forgotten her previous trip through the portal, Chrysalis entered the portal too quickly and came rushing too fast. She tripped over and fell face first on the pavement. She groaned as she got back up.
“That's going to take a while to get used to...” she snarled as she painfully rubbed her sore chin. As she got back up and shook the cowbells around her head, she seemed to notice that something didn't seem right.
“Hm... That felt weird.” She shrugged. “Oh well. I'm here now. Better change so that- Huh?”
She suddenly found herself staring at her hoof, which now had suddenly become a five digit claw. She raised her other hoof and found it to be the same as the other.
“What in the Hive...” Looking herself over, she discovered with shock that her whole body had changed from a quadruped changeling Queen to that of a bipedal human.
“Wh-What??! How..? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN??!”
Chrysalis was utterly confused. At some point upon her arrival she had somehow already changed herself. She was tall now and slender. Her beautiful chitin coat replaced with soft, dark skin. Her tail gone and her mane now a long green-bluish head of hair.
She also seemed to be sporting black clothes with green-bluish lining, similar to the ones worn by punk ponies back in Equestria.
Her wings were gone as well. She then felt her forehead and discovered her horn was gone too.
“This... was unexpected.” She looked back at the portal. “Did... Did that portal cause this change? It didn't do that last time! Or did it..?” Chrysalis pondered and realized that she had been too excited upon discovering this world that she didn't notice any change on her then.
“Maybe I should've finished reading that journal..?” She muttered. She then shrugged. “Bah! No matter! So what if I've become a human? I'm still going to enjoy feasting on these poor lovely creatures.” she grinned evilly while licking her lips. “Now then, where are my little 'treats' at? Queen 'Chryssie' needs some sweet love...”
As she scouted about for potential victims, she soon noticed two female students standing by the school entrance close by. They seemed to be having a conversation. Chrysalis grinned evilly as she saw the way they smiled and laughed heartily to one another.
“Young love...” she cooed while eagerly rubbing her hands. “I'll start my feast with these two.”
Acting causal, Chrysalis walked calmly towards the couple and leaned herself against the wall of the building. She got just close enough to listen to what they were saying.
“No way! Lyra, you actually got tickets?”
“Sure did Bonbon! Do you wanna know which flick?”
Bonbon pondered a moment and then beamed. “You can't be-”
“-serious?” Lyra grinned. “You bet I'm-”
“-serious! We've got-”
“-tickets to-”
They paused before shouting in unison.
“BACKBREAK HILL!!”
They both squealed with joy and hugged while laughing. They did not notice Chrysalis as she was now only a few feet away.
'Time for lunch.' Chrysalis chuckled silently to herself. She leaned back in a comfortable position and closed her eyes as she focused her mind on their love for one another.
Any moment now, their love would be slowly pulled out and sucked inside Chrysalis, feeding both her and her magic. She would drain them both to the point where their coats, or in this case skin, would lose their healthy color.
Their bodies would then slowly lose energy. Their minds would be weakened to a point where they would be barely able to feel any emotion at all, before finally blacking out like a pair of dried up-
'Hng! Why isn't it working?' Chrysalis grunted in annoyance and opened her eyes. Much to her confusion she was somehow unable to feed off them. 'What in the Hive is going on? Why aren't I feeding off their love? Am I still too far away?'
She gritted her teeth and held her breath as she concentrated even harder this time. Sweat forming around her forehead.
'Come on! Come-' Chrysalis gasped as she ran out of breath. She couldn't do it anymore. 'What's going on?! Why can't I feed??!'
“This is just so awesome.” Bonbon squeed. “I can't believe you actually got tickets to the most talked about movie of the year! Seriously pinch me, I must be dreaming.”
“No dream Bonbon.” Lyra smirked with her arms confidently folded. “I got 'em.”
Bonbon playfully narrowed her at Lyra and folded her arms in 'disbelief'. “It's too incredible. I need to see some proof.”
“If it's proof you want, then it's proof you'll get.” Lyra smiled and winked before she ran inside the school. “Got them in my backpack. I'll be right back!”
Chrysalis watched as the one girl called Lyra ran inside. She then eyed the one called Bonbon, looking herself over with a small mirror from her purse while she waited. She then had an idea.
'I got it!' she grinned. 'I'll just assume the form of that other girl. I'll fool her to think I'm her and be close enough to feed.' She quietly cackled to herself. 'Poor child... This is going to be so sweet.'
Chrysalis closed her eyes and drew herself a mental image of Lyra. After a brief moment of concentration, Chrysalis opened her eyes and made her move.
“I'm back.”
“Already? That was fast.” Bonbon turned around. “What happened to your-?” Bonbon froze as he caught sight of Chrysalis, causing her to drop her mirror.
Chrysalis giggled. 'I must be quite breathtaking. She's actually at a loss for words.'
“I came back because I needed to tell you something...” Chrysalis flirted as she reached out and held Bonbon's hand while looking her passionately in the eyes. “...I've been thinking about it for a long time now. And I would really like to take our friendship further.”
“Wh- What?” a confused Bonbon blushed while trembling violently.
Chrysalis grinned. 'This is working better than I thought. I'm literally sweeping her off her feet. I can practically taste the love...'
“My feelings for you is beyond that of any friendship. And I just know you feel the same about me...”
“What are you doing?! Let go of me!!” Bonbon yelled and pulled her hand free, backing away with a frightened look in her eyes. “Who are you? Why are you talking to me like that?”
“What?” Chrysalis blinked in surprised confusion. “But Bonbon... What's the matter? It's me, your best friend Lyra! Why are you-”
“You're not Lyra! Get away! Get away from me before I scream and call a teacher!”
“What?! But Bonbon, look at me! Don't you see that I'm-” Chrysalis froze as she suddenly noticed her reflection on the glass doors and her eyes widened with horror.
She was all wrong! Her appearance was nothing like Lyra. In fact, she hadn't changed at all! She was still in her human form.
“This isn't right!” Chrysalis shouted. “This is all wrong! Why didn't I change?” She shut her eyes and desperately tried to concentrate her magic and change her form, only to discover that it didn't work all.
“THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE! WHY ISN'T IT WORKING?!!”
“Please... Stay away...” Bonbon trembled. “I'm warning you! Don't-”
“YOU!” Chrysalis suddenly leaped forward and grabbed Bonbon by her shoulders, shaking her roughly with a wild and ferocious look on her face. “Explain this right now! Why can't I change?! What has happened to me?!?”
Utterly terrified, Bonbon cried out. “Help! HELP!”
“HEY!”
Chrysalis suddenly felt something hit her on the back of her head. She turned and saw that the one called Lyra had returned and had assaulted her with her backpack.
“Leave her alone! Bonbon run!”
The distraction was all what Bonbon needed as she broke free from Chrysalis's hold and ran past her, ducking inside the school with Lyra close behind.
“Thank you Lyra!”
“Run! She's crazy!”
“We've got to find a teacher! Help!”
Chrysalis just stood by the entrance. She looked at her shaking hands with shock and couldn't believe what had happened. Her magic was gone. Everything had gone horribly wrong. “What has this world done to me?”
“She's over here!”
“Hurry!”
Hearing footsteps approaching, Chrysalis finally panicked and ran for the statue. She reached it just in time as Lyra and Bonbon returned with Vice-Principal Luna right behind them.
“Where is she?” asked Luna.
“But... She was right here!”
“We swear Vice-Principal Luna! There was this strange woman attacking Bonbon! I saw it!”
“I believe you.” replied Luna as she scouted the yard. Aside from some random students walking to and fro, there seemed to be no sign of this woman intruder. “She must've run off. I'll inform Celestia and the rest of the faculty staff to keep an eye out. Do you need anything Bonbon? She didn't hurt you did she?”
“I'm okay. She mostly freaked me out. I'm fine.”
“Good to know you're not injured, but go and see nurse Redheart just in case.” The girls nodded. “Stay close by at all times and let us know the minute you see her. I will not have prowlers lurking around this school.”
“Yes Vice-Principal Luna.”
Luna smiled and nodded before leaving them to visit Principal Celestia's office. Just then, Sunset Shimmer and the Rainbooms; Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Applejack appeared. They had been in music rehearsal and were taking a short break when they heard the screams outside their room.
“What happened?” Sunset shouted before noticing Bonbon's state. “Bonbon! Are you okay?”
“I'm fine Sunset. I...”
“Some crazy woman outside attacked her!” said Lyra as she comforted Bonbon.
“Oh my goodness!” Flutterhsy gasped. “Bonbon, are you hurt?”
“I'm fine Fluttershy...” She held on to both her arms and shivered. “Just a bit shaken up.”
Rainbow narrowed her eyes and angrily punched her fist into her palm. “Who in the world would do something like that? What was it about anyway?”
“I don't know...” Bonbon trembled. “I just don't know...”
“Please, I need to take her to the nurse. Excuse us.” The girls cleared the way as Lyra led Bonbon down the corridor towards Nurse Redheart's office. The girls then walked outside and looked about across the schoolyard.
“Anything?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“Nothin'.” said Applejack. “Whoever it was, she ain't here now.”
“Nothing here!” yelled Pinkie from on top of the statue.
“It would appear this woman is long gone by now...” said Rarity with a small hint of relief. “Poor Bonbon. From the way she was trembling, this person must have been simply horrid.”
Applejack cracked her knuckles. “Tell ya tha truth, Ah sure hope she's still aroun', cus Ah sure would like to give this person a piece of mah mind!”
“Me too!” said Rainbow Dash. “No creep comes here and messes with one of our friends like that!”
“But why would anyone attack Bonbon?” asked Sunset Shimmer. “Has anything like this ever happened before?”
Applejack scratched her head pondering. “Not that Ah can recall...”
“Hopefully this was just a one time incident.” said Rarity, trying to calm the atmosphere. “This happens practically everywhere. There's really nothing we can do but make sure it doesn't happen again.”
“I most certainly hope it doesn't happen again.” said Fluttershy.
“I hope you're right.” said Sunset with a sudden hint of concern as she for some reason eyed the portal to Equestria. She walked up to it, reached out and touched it. It was closed.
Fluttershy noticed what Sunset was doing and cringed. “You don't suppose..?”
“No, it's probably nothing.” Sunset reassured her. “Besides, it's impossible. The mirror is locked inside Twilight's castle. No one but Twilight herself has access to it. I'm sure this has nothing to do with anything from Equestria.”
Everyone just looked at one another and silently hoped that it wasn't.
“More likely it was just some local creep lurking around school.” She walked past them, waving them to follow her back inside the school. “Come on. Let's get back to practice. I highly doubt she'll show up now.”
“Yeah, You're probably right.” said Rainbow Dash slightly miffed. She had hoped for some action. “But just to be sure, we should tell the other students.”
“Sure wish we knew who it was...”
Earlier, in Twilight's castle...
Back in Twilight's castle, the two drones were lying on the floor and spending their time playing cards while they waited for their Queen to return from her feeding.
“Got any three's?”
“Go fish!”
Suddenly, there was a flash of light and Chrysalis literally came flying out of the mirror screaming, much to the utmost surprise of her drones. They watched with wide eyes as their Queen, coming in too fast, slipped and skidded across the crystal floor before crashing into a shelf of books, that fell off and literally buried her.
“MY QUEEN!!”
While one drone shut down the portal, the other quickly rushed over to help Chrysalis as she was already emerging slowly from the pile, uninjured but heaving and panting heavily.
“My Queen! What happened? Are you alright my Que-” He was suddenly grabbed by the throat and shaken wildly.
“QUICK! WHAT DO YOU SEE? IS IT STILL THERE??? TELL ME!! AM I 'ME'??!”
“Choking me...”
“Is 'what' there?” said the other concerned drone as he joined them. “My Queen, please calm down!”
Chrysalis finally let go of her poor drone as she noticed her hands were hooves again. She then stared at the mirror and saw her reflection. She was a changeling again. Making 100% sure, she touched her face, her wings and her horn. She even used her magic and levitated several of the books around her.
“My Queen?”
“My magic is back...”Chrysalis sighed happily as she leaned back into the pile with great relief. “My magic is back!” Her smile then slowly faded and she began to frown. “Why is my magic back?”
She pulled herself up from the pile and marched angrily towards the mirror, her concerned and confused drones keeping a safe distance. “More importantly, why did my magic leave me?! What did this mirror do to me?”
“Is everything alright my Queen? What happened over there? Did you not get to feed?”
Chrysalis didn't answer as she strained her thought trying to figure out what had gone wrong. It soon occurred to her that she might have been a little too quick in her actions and that she must've overlooked something really important regarding the portal and the Human World.
“My Queen..?”
“Find me that journal. NOW!!!”