Things Change

by Equimorto

Meet the real me

"Celestia, she's a monster!"

Chrysalis stared through the slightly opened door, listening to Twilight's screams coming from inside.

"She trapped Cadence under the castle, hypnotized my brother and tried to take over the city."

Celestia tilted her head to the side and Chrysalis could swear she was looking at her.

"She was born evil, and she will stay like that no matter what."

Chrysalis run away from there. She didn't want to listen any more.

---

"I knew I would find you here," Celestia said as she surveyed the inside of her room.

Chrysalis was standing silently in a corner, facing away from her and towards the walls.

"I believe there's something you want to tell me, isn't there?" the alicorn spoke as she walked closer to her.

"You lied to me."

"I did. Do you want me to tell you the truth?"

Chrysalis turned towards Celestia, staring straight in her eyes. "The truth? How can I trust you to tell me the truth after everything you've done? I've seen what your ponies think of you, Celestia."

"But you want to know the truth, don't you? If you trust them more than you trust me then go out there and ask them about your past. I won't stop you."

Chrysalis looked up at the alicorn, then she ran away from the room.

From the door she'd exited through Princess Luna walked in. "So you're just letting her go?" she asked to her sister.

"It's her choice to make. She wants to hear the truth, even if it will hurt her. She could have believed in my lies and lived a comfortable life at my side."

"Like you did, convincing yourself that you were good at one point and you only made yourself act this way, so you didn't have to deal with the knowledge of being such a terrible ruler?"

"Or maybe that really happened, and you're just saying that because I made you think that I was always this way. As I've said to Twilight, it doesn't matter, this is who I am now and everypony thinks it's always been like that."

"But why are you letting her go?"

"I'm bored and I want some action. What's the worst that could happen?"

---

Chrysalis landed in the middle of the road, her body once again transformed into that of the pegasus she'd impersonated that same morning, and once again she entered the same building.

"Hi there!" the unicorn she'd met before greeted her, "So, how did that talk go?"

Chrysalis sat at a chair next to him. "It's... complicated. There are still things I'm trying to figure out." The two remained quiet for a while, then Chrysalis broke the silence. "Since I'm new around here, could you tell me about this 'Queen Chrysalis' I've heard mentioned a couple of times?" she asked, some uncertainty in her voice.

"Queen Chrysalis? She tried to take over Equestria a couple of times. I could tell you more about it, but why do you want to know?"

"Simple curiosity. I'd also like to know, what would you want your princess to be like?"

Comments

[LunaFan183]

Ooooo getting interesting!!

[N4rwh41]

Okay, I take it back. Now Chrysalis be like:

https://m.

[The Correspondent]

ok, the story has been redeemed, you have regained my upvote.

[LunaFan183]

niiiice

[Twilight_Shimmer]

you have not re-earned my upvote yet, nor my favorite. but you DiD re-earn my follow

[GamePlayer64]

And she’s ask why. Why did Chrysalis became evil? What or who made her evil and to my main objective; Is Celestia or Starswirl and his allies responsible for her hatred?

[fanreader999999]

Creative but can it be pulled off?

[AyanamiRei]

I think I may drop this soon. As interesting as Chrysalis taking over is...the whole thing with Celestia just feels rather forced, and it just keeps getting worse. It'd be like if AJ suddenly started acting all crazy like Pinkie Pie for no good reason, talking about how she was so tired of forcing herself to be so serious all the time.

[0]

Hmm... but I'd rather have this premise as a separate story.

[Putainnn]

This is amazing! Ignore the haters, this is getting really unique

[JazzyWaffles]

"Simple curiosity. I'd also like to know, what would you want your princess to be like?"

"Unless a new alicorn shows up" lmao