Chrysalis's Wedlock

by Diamond Sparkle

V-The Choice

The disguised Chrysalis knocked on the library door and when Twilight Sparkle opened it, she gave a low bow. "Princess Celestia...I'm so happy to see you. What have you come all the way to Ponyville for, and without your royal chariot?"

"I got an important message from someone who I thought was the ambassador from Gryffindor, who asked to talk to me in private without even a guard present. Whilst relations between us and the griffins have not always been friendly, they have a strong sense of honour and would never order an ambassador to assassinate anypony. So I granted his request and was horrified when in a burst of green fire he turned into a Changeling. He at once said that he meant no harm, which was why I didn't fry him with the magic from my horn. He explained that the Hive of Queen Chrysalis was in serious trouble because it's love source had been destroyed and needed help from Equestria, and wanted you and me to come and enter talks with them. Now, without the time for doing things formally. I have left my sister in charge."

"But...Princess...you're talking about us walking into a Changeling Hive. I respect your judgement, and I know that we would be going as ambassadors but...what if the changelings are treacherous and don't let us leave? I don't want to end up hanging helplessly within a Changeling pod having my love drained out to feed hungry Changelings."

"The Queen has assured me that there would be no trouble, and besides, cocooning you or even me would not by itself be enough to do much to solve the hunger problem and would bring the wrath of Princess Luna and the Eqestrian Royal Guard down on the Changelings. They only have enough love to feed the Hive for a few days even on near starvation rations so they could not withstand a lengthy siege. This is our chance to get any missing ponies back if we can solve their problem, a chance that might not come again. Queen Chrysalis has her faults, but she respects the rights of ambassadors."

"Princess, I trust you and know you would not lie to me, so I'll go with you," Twilight replied. "But how? I'm not a pegasus, I have no wings, and you did not bring your royal chariot with you? I'd ride on your back, but I'm scared that on such a long flight I might lose my grip and fall."

"If you hold onto my leg, I have the magical power to teleport both of us there safely."

Twilight did so and then thought Hey, isn't safe long distance teleportation only possible if you have travelled to the place that you want to get to before, by non-magical means? Before she could let go, there was a flash of green magic as she teleported, followed by near-darkness. As she blinked and her pupils got used to the low light, the first thing she noticed were blue lights all around her, with here and there some glowing green slime upon the walls. As she realised that the lights were the eyes of Changelings, one leapt forward and clamped an anti-magic device on her horn, just as Princess Celestia revealed herself in a burst of green flame to in fact be Queen Chrysalis.

"Twilight, welcome to my Hive. I brought you here because Sweet Heart, the pony love of my life, was foully murdered by the agents of a rival Changeling Queen named Chelicerae. And I want you to take her place."

"You...what? Are you crazy? You kidnap me from everything and everybody that I know and then expect me to fall in love with you? Despite your main food being love, you don't seem to have a clue about romance. Kidnapping is a big turnoff for everypony."

"When I and Sweet Heart were together, her love for me provided most of the love that a hungry swarm needs. It was never quite enough, so over the years my agents kidnapped a few ponies and griffins and took their place. With Sweet Heart dead, this Hive lost most of it's food supply. If you refuse to take Sweet Heart's place, then my agents will first kidnap Princess Cadence and then invade Canterlot, and capture and cocoon as many ponies as we need to solve our food supply problem. And it takes a lot of cocooned ponies to feed an entire hungry swarm."

Twilight stamped her hoof on the floor in anger.

Chrysalis transformed into Applejack. "You and I would be so sweet together, sugarcube."

"Now you're just creeping me out," Twilight replied. "I'm sure there is somepony who would love to be your girlfriend or your boyfriend and be treated like royalty by your swarm, but it won't be me."

"I could be Rarity, Applejack, Princess Celestia, anypony that you find sexy," Chrysalis told Twilight. "Do you prefer stallions?" And she shifted into the shape of Big Mac.

Twilight shook her head. "Yuck. No. Just no. Even if I was to agree to become your girlfriend of my own free will, love takes time to form, little by little, not all at once. And time is one thing that you don't have. Princess Celestia made sure that everypony could eat, even if it was just the grass in public places, because if enough ponies get hungry for long enough, they get angry enough to revolt against lawful government. Given a few weeks, the same thing could easily happen to you."

"Which is why I want you to take a single drop of a very powerful love potion. My agents in Ponyville told me that three foals that call themselves the Cutie Mark Crusaders, made it a few months ago and used it to make their teacher Cherilee and Big Mac fall in love with each other. Unfortunately they used too much and the love potion became a love poison. But if a single drop is taken, it has the same effect as if a relationship has been going on for three months."

"I will not become your love slave," Twilight angrily replied. "My friends and the Princesses need me to be with them."

"I would take a single drop of the potion too for the sake of restoring my swarm's main food source," Chrysalis told her. "So we would be a happy pair of lovers, and I could take the shape of anypony you liked so you would never be tempted to stray with anypony else. You would live a life of luxury with me just like Sweet Heart did." She pointed a hoof up to where a pony hung encased in a cocoon. "Choose peace and love with me, or war and one day seeing your friends hanging from the ceiling in cocoons. Imagine Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, everypony you know converted into Changeling food or Changelings themselves. What is it to be, Twilight Sparkle?"

Comments

[Ebonysdagger]

Okay, I was under the impression from an earlier chapter this was before the Canterlot invasion but this makes it sound like it is after. I think I'm going to need to reread the story.

[NordicAeon]

it's the Alternative to the Canterlot Inasion.Interesting that it's not the: "Oh i'm soo happy to help you help your people, letÄs make love here and now", but a more Realistic approach. Keep up the work, but don't stress yourself too hard^^

mfg Nordic

[Rabka]

plz say yes Twi.
jous make som conditions

[Enderstorm]

say yes

[Creed Miles]

while evil should never be seen as a justifiable means to an end, necessary evil as chrissy is doing is understandable, horrid but understandable