3 months later…
Chrysalis sat towards the back of the absolutely packed ballroom in Twilight’s castle, observing everything happening in front of her with an unreadable expression. There was a large event taking place designed to celebrate numerous milestones between Equestria and Thorax’s Kingdom. The celebration was being held only a day before hearth's warming eve. Princess Twilight had said it would ‘add another layer of love and friendship to the coming year, making the energy that much more powerful.’
So a massive number of reformed changelings were down on the ballroom dance floor, dancing with either other changelings or with ponies that were in attendance. It was an almost perfect one to one ratio of changelings and ponies, and the smiles they were sharing were warming to the eyes of most.
Chrysalis was unmoved, for her part. In truth, she was conflicted about how to feel about all of this. She had not spoken with any of her hive since she left nine months ago. She wasn’t even sure they knew she had undergone the metamorphosis. Either way, she simply observed the joy below with a neutral expression.
“You sure you don’t want to join the dance?” Tone asked from her side, rubbing her shoulder gently with his own.
“I’m sure…” Chrysalis said, closing her eyes and just listening to the lovely music being provided by a full orchestra.
“...are you still worried they’ll reject you?” Tone asked gently, wrapping a foreleg reassuringly over Chrysalis’ shoulders.
“I’d be lying if I said no.”
Tone gave a small nod. “I gotcha…” he looked around for a few seconds before standing up. “Hey, uh, I’ll be right back, okay?”
“Where are you going?”
“Just saw my dad down on the dance floor. I haven’t spoken with him since before you moved in so I bet he has all sorts of questions. Maybe I’ll introduce you two?” Tone said as he began to trot for the dance floor below.
“Alright. I’ll be here.” Chrysalis called after him before settling down and resting her eyes a bit. She let herself sway lightly as the music in the room made it’s way into a new, very slow and relaxing song.
“Queen Chrysalis?” A male voice asked tentatively from her left. Chrysalis opened her eyes and looked over, spotting Thorax approaching her slowly.
“...Hello, Thorax.” Chrysalis greeted with no notable emotion. She looked at him with a curious, but heavily analytical gaze.
“I, uh… I see you changed.” Thorax noted awkwardly.
Chrysalis gave a snort. “Tsk, tsk, tsk. You’re a king now, Thorax. Can you try and have a bit more social confidence?”
Thorax cleared his throat before laughing sheepishly. “Sorry. Just, well, you know… last time I saw you, you were kinda…”
“Angry. Devastated. Depressed. Heartbroken. I could go on.” Chrysalis said dryly before turning her eyes toward the dance floor again.
“...I’m sorry.”
“Thorax.” Chrysalis said firmly, standing up and turning to face the changeling king. “I have a question for you, yes or no.” she stepped forward and looked at him blankly in the eyes for several seconds. “Are they happy?”
“...Yes. They are.” Thorax managed to say with a measure of confidence in his voice. “It’s been a bit of an adjustment but, well, we’re adapted to our new bodies and biologies pretty well, I think. And not having to eat love is such a relief.”
Chrysalis nodded before looking down to the drones, her children, down on the dance floor. A distant look came to her eyes as she wondered if she should go talk to them.
“Uh, if you want to talk to the others, I can bring them up here.” Thorax suggested as if reading her mind
“No. There’s no need for that tonight. Let them do their dance. Let them have their fun and spread their joy. A reunion with their abusive old mother will only disrupt all of that right now.” Chrysalis replied with a small smile. She turned back to Thorax. “Another time, perhaps.”
“Alright. Uh… it’s good to see you like this, Chrysalis.”
“Thorax, if you insist on calling me ‘Chrysalis,’ I won’t stop you. Just remember that was part of the ranking system. I’m not the queen anymore. You don’t have to call me by my name.” Chrysalis said gently, looking at Thorax with a warm, if somewhat sad smile.
Thorax nodded. “Alright. Good night, then… mother.”
“You too.” Chrysalis said as Thorax turned and walked away. For a few moments, she simply stood there before turning and trotting out of the room and onto a nearby balcony overlooking the snow covered landscape. She took a moment to just enjoy the quiet and serene landscape, taking in a deep breath.
“Like it out here?” Tone asked a few minutes later as he joined her on the balcony.
“It’s better for thinking when you aren’t surrounded by a lot of noise.” Chrysalis said absently, lowering herself slightly to be more on Tone Shift’s height.
“I guess.” Tone replied quietly, looking over the moonlight lit landscape with a smile on his face. Chrysalis shot him a small smile before wrapping a foreleg over his shoulder.
"Where's your dad?"
"Oh, he said he'll meet us back at my place. Said 'it will give him something to look forward to.'"
Chrysalis hummed in affirmation before the two basked in the silence and warmth they shared.
“It’s going to be midnight in a bit.” Tone noted in a whisper as Chrysalis started rocking them back and forth slowly.
“Wanna do a cliche?”
“What, you mean time it?” Tone gave Chrysalis an amused glance.
“Well, you brought it up.” Chrysalis shot back with a playful smile.
“Hm… so I did.”
The two turned so they were facing each other in their embrace. The clock tower in ponyville began to chime, signaling the coming of midnight. There weren’t any words needed. Chrysalis and Tone Shift leaned in and kissed each other softly but passionately, a flurry of various fireworks being set off all across Ponyville and Equestria in celebration, lighting the sky and surrounding lands in a warm, comforting glow.
A glow that Tone Shift and Chrysalis were happy to share.
THE END
Really like the way you treated Chrysalis, will be saving this one.
8067451 Well, duh.
D'awwww, a nice ending. Though the other changelings are still traitors. :D
I vary good story.
I vote sequel
8068710 I don't really think there's much else I can touch on with a sequel, though. Besides, I am very happy with myself for the outcome of this story. If I tried to make a sequel I would run the risk of making a bad or lackluster sequel and I'd rather end on a good, strong high note.
wile it could have been better i did find myself enjoying it a lot. so whats the next big story you intend on doing?
8069064 As of right now I have already started on the next one, entitled 'The mare that ears the monsters.'
8067953 What did I do?
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Short version: You made Chrysalis transform from her beautiful changeling form to the new-and-ugly-no-more-changeling form (descriptions are imao, sure) as a sole/main way for her to get her happy ending. As I really HATE that it turned a story that I liked into one that I like to hate pretty much instantly.
"Bonus points" for having a good character development for Chrysalis as she already is, and having absolutely no necessity for the transformation plot-wise.
And to be honest, while I surely do hate Thorax personally and despise the new no-more-changelings even more so, I HATE / LOATHE / AM DISGUSTED BY the transformation itself much more than anything else as far as changelings are concerned for MANY reasons (just do not see a point of writing a wall of text about it).
8070877 Eh. To each their own, I guess. I don't mind the new transformation, personally. They simply took some getting used to.
AND THEY KISSED! (again)
8072259 Yup.
Wohoo happy ending Chrysie story. I love it and the image of her with those big cute eyes was just too cute!
Thank you for writing this and I'm kinda sad it's already over. I would not mind reading more (way way more) about these two.
8083915 Kinda, yeah. Doctor Whooves: The Great would be my go to example. There's also SPICTRA, which I did a ways back
8083997
Pretty sure Discord isn't a pony...
8188335 Uh... okay? XD
Now this is the type of queen chrysalis fanfic I've been Looking for! This is almost like anonymous Pegasus's story "An Affliction of the Heart" but 20% better!
8203771 You flatter me, captain.
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This is just a question, yes or no (I don't care which). Have you ever thought about making a sequel?
8204908 I have not. Mainly because I am fine with how the story ended and don't want to risk making a sucky sequel by forcing it. I'm working on a different story now anyway.
8204935
I'm fine with that
Great Story, I really enjoyed reading it.
8317215
Glad you liked it. :P
I think you should've but a comedy tag as well.
8347168
I cant put the sad and comedy tags onto the same story, I'm pretty sure. They are conflicting genre types according to the system, so I went witht he more relevant one.
Interesting point, survival might be difficult for her now.
I really enjoyed this.
8557466
I'm glad to hear it. :P
Great ending to a fine story. I've always liked that new form Chrysalis picture, and it was neat to see it used in a fic.
This was fun!
8674782
Your constant comments definately indicate a certain degree of enjoyment. :) Glad you liked it.
8674795
Hehe, we try to comment as we would an in-progress fic, just without our signature (it's kinda wonky to encourage continuation on a completed fic).
It's also somewhat funny when someone else comes along and gets flabbergasted that we took over the last few pages of comments.
8674802
Why are you using the royal we? Are you Princess Luna?
8674805
Nope, just the consensus of active personalities we merged together after a little SNAFU involving broken sandboxes. Normally Censor corrects expressed thoughts, but we relax a little here on Fimfiction.
8674806
Uh... um... okay?
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8674807
Don't worry too much. It's kinda like multiple personality disorder, but all at the same time. We used to be distinct instances, but now not so much.
8674813
Ooooh. Okay. See, that makes a lot more sense to me. :P
8674814
Sorry, yeah, we tend to be somewhat technical when talking about ourself.
8674816
It looks kinda fun from the outside. Is it an enjoyable condition or is it a hassle? Like, is it a hinderance on your life or what? I don't mean to pry, but I am curious.
8674818
Nah it's fine. Just makes the phrase "arguing with myself" a bit more literal. Most of the time we're in agreement, but sometimes it spices things up when random thoughts aren't really so random.
Damn wish to have seen a sequel to this maybe chryssi rebirths a hive with tone shift or something like that but anyways GRATE story thanks for the read.
9194022
While there is not a sequel, there is a spiritual successor called 'The Bug in The Basement' that is currently in progress.
9194055 it didn’t really catch my eye sadly
Will there be a sequel
9201359
No, but there is a spiritual successor entitled The Bug in The Basement.
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I dunno he looks like a pony to me
Hmm, nice story. Like the ending. Better than the finale we got honestly.