//------------------------------// // Hell Hath No Fury // Story: Prince Of Darkness // by RegalCrescent45 //------------------------------// The silence in the dining room was so thick, it was nearly visible... or maybe that was the huge blue beam of magic flying at me from the doorway. The beam slammed into me and ripped me from my chair, it then carried me across the room to the other wall. I hit the wall and slumped down to the floor racked with pain. Nearly losing consciousness I assess the damage and it looks like I have several broken ribs and internal bruises. Although the majority of my injuries were from the attack I took from Chrysalis earlier it seems like the blast I just took compounded them. Looking up from my position on the floor I was greeted by the sight of the midnight blue alicorn looking down at me. "Oh shit!" She then picks me up with magic and throws me back across the room to the other side. I land short of the wall and slide against the floor a bit before coming to a stop. Struggling to my feet I frantically look around for the enraged blue demon. Then something whispers into my ear. "Behind you..." Whirling around I met with a hoof to the face and I was sent to the floor once again. During the entire exchange so far the rest of the rooms occupants were too stunned or unsure what was going on to do anything to help me... not that they could help me anyway but I digress. I lay face down on the floor hoping that she would give up and quit this assault soon, oh how wrong I was. "You can't fool me into stopping dear Ally. She said, her voice positively dripping with anger. She then proceeded to punt me through the air once more causing me to land on the table, promptly crushing it into kindling and splinters. Boy am I lucky I decided to keep my armor on after the battle with Chrysalis earlier, I might not be here right now if i hadn't. If I was struggling to stand before, now it was nearly impossible to even attempt it. It looked like she was going in for the finisher with her hoof raised above my head ready to stomp me into oblivion. Then I heard Celestia speak up. "I think he has had enough dear sister, don't you? If you continue he might not survive this time." Her statement was punctuated by a giggle. "I believe you are correct sister, GUARDS!" Just then almost a dozen armored unicorns and pegasi burst into the room with spears at the ready. "I would like you to take our guest here to the infirmary, it seems his injuries are more severe than we had previously anticipated." As I was being carried away I turned my head to look at the blue monstrosity that had reduced me to a pile of jelly on the floor. "Yea, love you too hun..." I then passed out from the pain. POV Celestia As I watched Ally being carted away to the infirmary I looked around the now destroyed table at the six other ponies that just witnessed the one sided battle. It took nearly five minutes for Twilight to recover enough to turn to me and ask a single question. "What was that about princess?" "I believe Luna can answer this question far better than I can. If you wouldn't mind Lulu." I replied, turning to look at my sister who had taken Ally's old seat. I then turn my attention to the smashed table before me, lighting up my horn it is engulfed in a bright flash of light. Once the light subsides the table looks like it was never destroyed to begin with. "It is very simple dear Twilight, I was merely keeping a promise I had made to him before my banishment." The blue alicorn said not looking away from the menu a servant had placed in front of her. "And that promise was to beat him to a pulp the next time you saw him, correct princess?" Twilight asked looking a tad green at the scene she had just seen. "Why of course not twilight... I told him the next time he got himself hurt in one of his stupid ideas, THEN I would beat him to a pulp." She said finally choosing her meal, which consisted of a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. After the servant had left to fulfill the order she turned back to the group at the table. "So what exactly did he do this time dear sister? Considering the condition he was in before my beating he must have been put through the ringer quite thoroughly." I told her about what had happened at the ceremony and how he had taken Chrysalis's blast head on. The rest of the group started to look a bit ill when i described his injuries from the blast. Right after I had finished recounting the ordeal the doors to the room opened and Shining and Cadence walked in, they were so absorbed in one another they hadn't noticed Chrysalis sitting at the table. They sat down taking seats next to one another beside Twilight and her friends, completely oblivious to the Changeling queen sitting across the table from them. Once they had been seated and made their choices on food, they finally noticed her. Shining Armor was the first to speak up. "What is she doing here princess?" Venom nearly pouring our of his tone. "I see you have noticed our guest Shining. May I introduce you to your cousin Chrysalis." I say in a matter of fact kind of voice. It took Shining a full minute to recover, "COUSIN!? How is she related to us?!" "I will explain it all to you, but first I feel I must once again apologize to you Chrissy. If you were to hate me for all the pain and suffering I've caused you I would understand entirely." I say, then I turn back to the couple in front of me. "I must apologize to you two as well, I wasn't always the kind ruler you see before you now, I use to be full of insecurities and the like. One of them involved young Chrysalis here. You see, When I had banished my sister a piece of the Limelight remained. The Limelight was a parasitic being that could sense and siphon emotions to feed itself and when it was sent to the moon along with Luna, it left a portion of its power behind. I found this scrap of energy and contained it. I had hoped that by studying it, I could find a way to destroy it and cleanse my sister of it's influence once and for all." "However, after several years of testing and experimentation, I made a mistake. During another experiment, one that was along side Starswirl the Bearded, an Animation spell went astray and struck the energy. When the smoke cleared we checked on the energy to make sure it hadn't gotten out, but when we looked into the container we had placed it in... we saw nothing except a tiny Chrysalis. Just to make sure nothing would happen, I took the child into my care. That is until I found out that it had inherited the Limelight's emotion siphoning ability. I immediately banished her from the kingdom out of fear that she would turn out to be the same power hungry parasite like its predecessor had." "I see now, that I had wrongfully sent a child into a very unforgiving and hostile world. It was because of me that Chrysalis turned out how she had and I have no excuse for it." I say letting my ears droop. "Is that all true aunt Celestia?" I look up and see Cadence nearly crying. Something I hadn't expected, I thought both her and Shining would hate me for what I did. "Yes, I am to blame for what has happened here today. And since I was the one who created her, The makes me her mother." I say hanging my head in shame. It was then I felt a leg wrap around me, pulling me into a hug. "I already told you that I forgive you, is it really so hard to forgive yourself?" Chrysalis said stroking my mane. I felt another set of hooves around me, followed by another, then another until every pony in the room had joined in. "Thank you, thank you all so much." Was all I could say before the tears started falling from my eyes. Today had started out horrible, but all it really takes is one friend to make your worst day seem so much brighter. It seems I learned something about friendship this time, maybe Twilight would like to hear it sometime. POV Alucard The feeling of coming back to the waking world was not very pleasant this time around, simply because body felt like it had been hit with a mountain... twice! Now that my vision is starting to come back, lets look at where they put me... yup infirmary alright. This sucks, I know what nurses are like in these places. A shiver runs down my spine just thinking of Nurse Injection from the war staff, that mare sure loved her needles. The door opens and a pure white mare with a pale pink mane and tail walked in. "Good morning sir, I hope you are feeling okay now. Our medical staff couldn't work on you last night due to your unique biology so we left you alone after our scans showed your body was slowly healing itself." "that's fine nurse..." "Oh, my name is Nurse Snowheart, pleasure to meet you." She replied giving me her name at last. If you feel like you can walk around just fine, your more than welcome to leave if you wish." "Thank you miss Snowheart, I'll be seeing you around then." I say as I stand from the bed and make my way out into the hall. Turning back to the door I poke my head in, "How long was I out for anyway?" "Oh, you were out for about fourteen hours." With that knowledge I quickly found a nearby guard, who thankfully didn't try to attack me. Maybe Tia told them about me already. I had him escort me to the throne room, he informed me that everypony was in the dining hall eating breakfast. Upon arriving at the throne room I entered and allowed the guard to return to his previous task. Since neither of the princesses were in the room the guards weren't in here at the moment, so without hesitating I walked up the stairs and sat on the throne. A few minutes later I had fallen asleep.