This story is a sequel to Chrysalis's final gambit
The world is changing. Chrysalis has lost her hive and all her subjects, and now, her nemesis, Queen Celestia, is getting closer and closer to retirement.
This stirs the desire for her to actually attempt to stay close to Celestia, even if it means finally upholding romantic feelings that she has never understood; And finally admit that she might want to be much, much closer to the alicorn.
...But Celestia's family has something to say about it.