Explanations
The disguised Chrysalis stared intently at the door in front of her, knowing full well what was behind it. She looked behind her to check if anyone was around before turning back. “Time for me and this so called ‘queen’ to have a chat.” She said aloud before blinking. “I really need to stop talking out loud like this…” She shook her head and reeled up her front legs before she made a move.
With all her might, she slammed the front door open, causing Twilight to drop the books and making Phil yelp and hide behind Starlight. All three of them turned to the door to see a mare in black with green hair coming inside. Before any of them could get a word out, she said something that made Twilight flinch, Starlight yelp, and Phil open his eyes as wide as ever.
“WHERE IS SHE!?”
After a brief pause, Twilight said, “Whoa, what’s with the cringey color scheme?”
Chrysalis stomped up to Twilight. “My choice of colors isn’t important right- Wait…Sparkle!?” The mare inspected the purple pony, noticing a change in her appearance from the last time they met. “Since when did you get wings?”
Twilight blinked and unfurled one of her wings, looking at it. “Uh...a couple seasons ago, I kinda thought everypony knew about this.” She furled it back and eyed the mare. “And do you mind telling me who you are?”
“You know who I am, I'm...I'm...” Chrysalis was about to answer, but her eyes fell upon Starlight. “You…” She said coldly.
Starlight noticed the dagger stare and flinched. “M-Me what?” She said as Phil struggled with the zipper on his mouth.
The mare shoved Twilight out of the way and slammed the door once she was inside. “So you’re the pony who took them away from me!”
Starlight raised an eye while Phil's eyes went wide. “T-Took what away...who are you?”
“You’re alive!” Phil yelled after a final pull of the zipper, running up to the mare. “C-Chrysalis...h-how did-”
“That’s QUEEN Chrysalis! And how I got here isn’t important.” She walked around her child and made her way to Starlight. “What is important is what this mare will be saying in the next five seconds, because that’s all I’m giving her!”
“Wait...Chrysalis!?” Twilight ran up to the imposter pony. “W-what in Celestia’s name are you doing here!? I-I thought you were-”
“What does it look like!?” Chrysalis pointed at Starlight. “I’m here to put an end to this mare’s ruling so that I may claim my rightful place as Queen of the Changelings!”
Twilight was still a bit confused. “Really? You’re here just for that?”
Chrysalis glared at her, knowing the hate was mutual between them. “I’ll deal with you once I’m done this this mare, Sparkle.”
Phil walked up to her. “W-Why do you wanna do that, Chry- er, Queen Chrysalis? Are you mad at her or something?”
“Oh...mad?” Chrysalis laughed. “I’m not mad at all.”
Starlight stepped closer. “T-Then why are-”
Chrysalis stomped the floor, green flames forming around her disguised body, it didn’t take long for her true form to show, her hair being the only thing that was still on fire. “I’M FURIOUS! How you...you can control my children with such ease.” She stepped closer while Starlight stepped back. “What do they see in you? What have you done to impress them?”
Starlight started shaking, thinking those pictures she saw at the cave were just an exaggeration. “T-That’s what you actually look like?
“Oh, so now you insult my looks, you’re really asking for it, aren’t you mare?”
Starlight held her hooves up. “I-I’m not trying to be mean here, Chrysalis...I-I’m just trying to have a suitable conversation here.”
“Says the mare who just reeks of impervious pretentiousness!”
Twilight crossed her arms while Starlight raised an eye. “Preten-what now?” Starlight said.
Twilight cleared her throat. “It means she thinks that you’re saying things like you’re more important than you really are.” Before Chrysalis could correct her on that, Twilight continued. “She just thinks that using big words makes her a more superior and smart ruler while it just makes her look hostel and act like a bigot, and hostility just leads to stupidity.”
Chrysalis’s jaw dropped. “W-What does being angry have to do with being idiotic!?”
Twilight’s eyes narrowed. “Anger towards someone makes you look stupid when it’s for reasons like that, I mean, you’re mad just because she rules over your children, and you don’t even want to wait for her to explain why she has them?” Twilight shook her head. “That’s just a calling card for a weak intellect right there.”
Chrysalis’s eye twitched, wanting to correct her on how wrong Twilight was and how right she is, because Chrysalis knows that she’s always right no matter what the circumstance. “You watch your tongue before you cause even more arguments in this discussion!”
Twilight shrugged. “It’ll probably happen regardless.”
Chrysalis shook her head at this and turned back to Starlight. “You have some nerve coming into my home and taking away the only thing I have left in this world!”
Starlight shook her head. “I-I didn’t walk in there on my own, I was-”
Chrysalis stomped the floor, causing an echo. “DON’T...lie, Starlight...You went to my home for one reason and ONLY one: To have an army at your hooves.”
Twilight knew this was going to get ugly, so she stood by Starlight. “Chrysalis, now is not the time for this. Me, Starlight, and uh…” She looked at Phil, who was now fixated on a fly. “Your child are in the middle of making peace between-”
“Peace?” Chrysalis looked away. “So they were right...you did set them up for this!” Her eyes shot to Starlight, sending chills up her spine. “You came to my cave just so you can take us down! This is something I expected from Cadenza and her stupid husband...but a random pony who I’ve never even heard of?” Chrysalis barred her fangs. “What did you do, HUH!? What did you do that was so impressive to have my children make you a ruler?”
Phil raised his hoof before Starlight could get a word out. “She ruled over a town and took away the element’s cutie marks!”
The changeling queen rolled her eyes. “Big deal.”
“She stayed undercover and spied on Twilight.”
Twilight looked at Starlight. “You did what?”
Chrysalis laughed before Starlight could answer. “Like we can’t do better.”
“She also managed to switch timelines and travel across time while messing with that stupid pony and her lizard friend, and always making sure to put on a smug face every time she beat her on every time...she won in...time…” Phil scratched his head. “Did I word that right?”
Chrysalis’s eye twitched, her brain having trouble comprehending that. “Ta...Time travel?”
Phil nodded while Starlight covered her face with her hooves, hating to hear all of this. “Yeah! She did all that bad stuff! I hate to say it, Chrysie, but she might’ve done more bad things to that purple pony then you, but the weird thing is that Sparkle over there gave her a clean slate after everything, isn’t that strange?”
She turned to Twilight, baffled to see that the two mares were standing next to each other. “Y-You forgave her!?”
Twilight continued glaring while Starlight looked away. “It’s called doing the right thing.”
“I call it being stupid.” Chrysalis pointed at Starlight. “I-I mean, forgiving a monster like her!? What next? Are you going to tell me that you forgave that mutant goat too?”
Twilight rubbed her arm. “Well...uh…”
Chrysalis’s jaw dropped. “If you ponies are like this, I’m surprised you haven’t come to me directly so I could try to forgive you.”
Starlight tilted her head. “Isn’t that the other way around, I mean, you’ve done some pretty bad things to ponies.”
“What are you talking about? I haven’t done anything wrong!”
Twilight patter her hoof to simulate counting. “You ponynapped my sister-in-law, ruined a wedding, almost took over Canterlot, made my friends think I was a jerk, and brainwashed my brother.”
Chrysalis crossed her arms. “Alright, m-maybe I have. Maybe I have done some terrible things, but you…” She pointed at Glimmer. “To you, I’m a saint. I have never heard of such an evil creature. Brainwashing an entire town, stealing destinies, messing with timelines...I must say, for a pony, I’m impressed.”
Starlight had it. She wanted to defend herself, and the only way she thought of doing that was showing she wasn’t the worse. “B-But the other villains Twilight has faced are even worse. Look at Sombra, he-”
“Oh yes, I know much about that king...too much…” Chrysalis shivered. “And I’d rather not talk about it.”
Twilight was curious. “What? Did you two-”
“I don’t want to talk about it, Sparkle…” Chrysalis said through her gritted teeth.
Starlight cleared her throat. “A-anyway, I-I’m sure if Discord were here he’d say-”
“He pretty much did the same thing I did, fooled you all, made sure you didn’t grab the elements, and even when you did, your ‘friendship’ was gone at that point.” Chrysalis chuckled. “He’s not bad for an ugly goat.”
“B-But then there’s Tirek who tried to-”
“All that giant centaur did was run around and eat magic. We can do the same thing, and in greater numbers.” Chrysalis narrowed her eyes. “Face it, Starlight, you’re no good pony, you’re not even half good, or semi-good, quasi-good, not even the diet drink of good! You have zero calories. Not good at all.”
Starlight opened her mouth to say something else to defend herself, but Twilight stepped in. “She is good! She’s done so many things to make up for what she-”
“Nothing can make up for what that mare has done…” Chrysalis ran up to Twilight, their faces inches from each other. “Listen, you winged freak. If I were in your hooves, I would’ve snapped that mare’s horn off and thrown her back into a timeline where she would live out the rest of her days being tortured by my children!”
Twilight gasped while Phil nearly gagged at the thought. “Tha-That’s horrible!”
The queen held her head high. “That’s being creative, dear Twilight.”
Narrowing her eyes, Twilight took another step toward Chrysalis. “You’re one to talk, Chrysalis! The only evil one in this room right now is you!”
Chrysalis laughed at this. “You don’t see it, do you Twilight?”
“See what?”
Chrysalis bursted into green flames before changing into Starlight. “You don’t see an evil mare even when it’s standing right in front of you…”
Twilight went face to face with her, hating to see Starlight’s evil look again, even Starlight couldn’t do it. “Don’t you dare say that to my friend!”
Chrysalis laughed and stepped back, showing her true form again. “F-Friend?” She looked at Starlight. “Do you really feel like a friend, Starlight? Because that’s not what I have heard.”
“Chrysalis…I’ve had enough of this! You’ve insulted my friend and now you want to stop this treaty!?” Twilight pulled away from Chrysalis before flaring up her horn. “I’m only saying this once...Get out of my castle.”
Chrysalis wasn’t fazed by this. Alicorn or not, she knew she could take Sparkle again. “I’m not leaving until I have that mare’s head. If anyone should leave this castle, it’s her on a spit.”
Twilight narrowed her eyes while Starlight covered her's “You lay one hoof on my friend and I’ll-”
“Are you blind, Sparkle!” Chrysalis pointed at Starlight while the pink mare buried her head in her hooves. “She’s an evil mare!”
Twilight stood higher. “She’s a friend!”
Chrysalis did the same, her horn flaring up as well. “She almost ended your friendship!”
“You almost did the same!”
“She took away your destinies!”
“She gave them back!”
“She would’ve destroyed Equestria!”
“You did the same in your timeline!”
“My timeline?”
“SHUT UP!”
Both Twilight and Chrysalis stepped back after Starlight’s sudden outburst. They turned to her, seeing her standing on her hind legs taking deep breaths. “Ju..Just..SHUT UP! OKAY! I get it! I did bad! I was a horrible pony! I did things that might not deserve forgiveness, but I’m making up for it! I’m trying to do what’s right! And right now,” Starlight grabbed Phil and held him up. “I think the first step in this is making sure this creature's entire race can be at peace with ponies to finally end their hunger!”
Phil looked around in confusion with his body curled up while Starlight continued holding him by his stomach. “Uh...queen, c-can you-”
“We have to cherish this changeling!” Starlight lightly shook him.
“But I’m-”
“CHERISH HIM!”
Twilight stepped back from Chrysalis while the queen rolled her eyes. “Like you could ever help my subjects, you’re far from being ruler if you think making a treaty is-”
“At least I’m doing my job right as a queen!”
Chrysalis blinked. “Wha-What did you just say to me?”
Starlight set Phil behind her. “As a queen, it’s up to her to provide food for her subjects.” Starlight pointed at her. “And what do you think happened in Canterlot?”
Chrysalis’s face went deadpan, thinking that was a stupid statement. “I know what happened in Canterlot, I was there.”
“So you know that you led your own starving children into battle and didn’t even think about trying to talk to ponies?”
The queens eyes went wide. “I’ve tried talking to ponies, and all they’ve done is-”
“If you talked to Twilight, she would’ve helped you!” Starlight yelled. “E-Even Celestia might’ve helped you if you told her what was happening to your whole race!”
Twilight had to be honest. “I have to say, Chrysalis. If you told us about how your kind feeds on love, I’m pretty sure we could’ve found some way to help without ponynapping and fighting.”
Chrysalis tried to say something in response to that, but the more she thought about this, the more sense it made. “B-But it’s not my fault my children are like this!”
Starlight narrowed her eyes, knowing this was going to get dramatic. “Look at yourself, Chrysalis, you know you’re the only one to blame for what happened.”
Chrysalis shook her head. “No...everything...all of this, i-it was all...all…” She tried to think of who was more at fault her, then it hit her. “YOUR FAULT!” Chrysalis lit up her horn, pointing it straight at the alicorn. “I-If you would’ve just stayed in that cave to rot with that pink princess...”
Twilight would’ve lit up her horn as well, but Starlight came in between both of them. “Seems you can’t handle the truth...so you make your own…”
Chrysalis’s eye twitched. “NO! S-Sparkle is the real problem! S-She’s-”
Starlight stepped forward, determined to end this. “I can accept my actions, Chrysalis. It’s time you do the same.”
The queen started shaking. “I-I...I just wanted to help my children…” Her horn started fizzing down as she looked away from her. “I-I wasn’t...wasn’t trying to...t-to...” Chrysalis sat down, never thinking she would be defeated by words. “I...I didn’t mean to hurt anyling...”
Her child frowned. “But you didn’t hurt us, Chrissy.” Phil came up to her. “Some of us thought the plan was pretty cool, and all of us made it home ay okay!”
“All of you?” Chrysalis asked.
Phil scratched the back of his neck. “Well...almost everyone...we did several counts and it seems we lost two, but they were kind of a lost cause; one hated fighting and the other failed all his classes, so it’s not that big of a de-”
“It is a big deal!” Chrysalis yelled. “Lo-Losing even one child makes me feel horrible.”
Twilight was surprised to hear this. “You care about them?
Chrysalis felt offended by the question. “Of course I care about them, I’m their mother!”
Twilight was having a hard time figuring out how a voice and personality like hers could be considered motherly. “O...kay then.” Twilight coughed. “Well, um, since the drama’s over and you feel a bit better...how about we start talking about making peace.”
Phil wagged his tail. “Yeah, come on, queen!” He started pulling on her hoof, but she wouldn’t move. “I know it’s not really what you wanted to do in the first place, and that it makes us look weak to ponies, and that it's with a pony who tried to take us over, but maybe it could be a good thing for-”
“No…”
Phil stopped pulling. “Wu-What?”
“You heard me, child; no...I don’t want to be…” She shivered. “friends with those ponies.”
Feeling absolutely flabbergasted by the statement, Twilight and Starlight said, “Wh-WHAT!?”
“I’ve said this before, Twilight.” Chrysalis pulled her child closer to her. “I came here to take back my place as queen, and I take it Starlight isn’t up to the task?”
Starlight ran up to her. “If it means making peace between ling and pony, then yes, I think I can-”
“You know, Starlight.” Chrysalis said with a wicked smile. “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but...maybe I was wrong about you.”
Starlight raised an eye. “Wait...so, y-you think I’m good?”
Chrysalis’s face was blank before she laughed. “Good? Like you could ever be considered good in my eyes. I’m talking about how...interesting you are~” She tilted her head. “You seem like a bad enough mare, that you have a goal to rule over everything, that you are strong and powerful enough to handling anything, and if you can prove yourself to the subjects…” She looked at Phil, who waved with a smile. “Defeat Sparkle many times" She glanced over at Twilight, who glared at her. "I’m sure we can…” She raised her hoof to Starlight, waiting for a shake. “work something out in terms of ruling Equestria?”
Starlight stared at the hoof while Twilight started coming closer. “Starlight?”
With a deep breath, and a hateful glare, Starlight smacked the hoof away. “I’ll never join you...no matter how powerful you are, nothing beats the magic of-”
“Say what you will, Starlight.” Chrysalis put her hoof down. “They always turn evil again.” She slowly started forming flames around her body. “But if you feel like being a powerful mare again…you know where we’ll be.” The now disguised queen winked at Starlight before making her way to the door, Phil forced to follow.
“Uh...bye Glimmer!” Phil said, waving while putting on a disguise as well. “Have fun not ruling anymore!” The door slammed shut before either mare could say goodbye, leaving both of them to look at each other in silence.
Starlight scuffed the floor. "Um. should we...go after them or..."
Twilight sighed and shook her head. "She won't be a problem, if one of her children decide to spy on us, I'm sure we'll catch them immediately."
Starlight sighed and looked back at the door. "I just hope her children will be okay..."
Meanwhile, Chrysalis began her long walk back to her home, Phil following right beside her. “So, uh, seeing as how making peace isn't really something you want to do, then, uh, what do we do now, queen?” He asked, wanting to make some conversation to pass the time.
Chrysalis chuckled. “Not us, dear child, but her...She’ll soon learn that it takes a lot more than forgiveness to be good, in fact…” Chrysalis craned her head to the castle. “I think we should keep an eye on her, who knows what she might do next.”
“What do you think she’ll do?”
The queen smiled. “I have many predictions, more time travel, powerful magic that surpasses Twilight, maybe even some mind control of her friends.”
Phil laughed. “But only you have that power, queen, I doubt she’d ever do that.”
Chrysalis shook her head, but continued grinning. “You poor, nieve child. If all those things you said about her are true, then I say she’ll turn back, back to the mare she once was...and when she does...” Chrysalis started laughing silently. Phil tried doing the same, but what she said next made his laugh sound more nervous and fearful.
“Equestria will be ours…”
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Did you watch the latest episode yet? (S6E21, "Every Little Thing She Does")
Nice story!
You did good with the dialoge between the tree.
Verry funny and hilarious, just like the rest of your story!
Say, is it over now? The status says "complete", but it looks like there might come more. Kind of open-ending.
Maybe a sequel or something?
Hmm, interesting. Seeing the latest episode, yeah, I can see that happening.
While Chryssie doesn't want to be friends with ponies, I imagine she would rather simply fake being friendly to stockpile love and help her children, lying in wait for Starlight's turn.
This was silly.
That face when you realize that )with exception to the time traveling), Chrysalis was technically correct...
Keep going! ;)
Chrysalis definitely doesn't want to take no for an answer. And can't really see what she did wrong.
So you want this to head down the path of evil, or was that just a snippet of what-if that won't happen?
Either way, still a good read!
you should make a sequel for this
You gave me flashbacks to Spec Ops: The Line. I was so confused.
Also:
*hostile
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I think the mind wants more evil fics...
Cliffhanger ending? I hope the eventual sequel won't be a serenade...
7604359 more bad ending sequals yay (squeeing in delight) (dang it i'm not proud of that)
these fics are really really good (i just wish there were more of them)
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downvoted for being pure bugmom bashing bullshit.
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