Chrysalis's desperate attempt to win Twilight's heart
Shining Armor and Cadence had just expelled the evil Queen Chrysalis from Canterlot after nearly destroying their wedding, but not before Chrysalis successfully planted a spell on Twilight. As the last remaining changeling alive in Equestria, Chrysalis must depend on that single spell alone to win Twilight's love and ultimately ensure the survival of the changeling race. Meanwhile, Twilight finds herself often thinking of Chrysalis more than she would feel comfortable with. Can Chrysalis truly win over the heart of Twilight?
~Welcome to Equestria. The land of hope, freedom and peace.~
A land of fools. Princess Chrysalis snorts in anger. Her mother said she needed to learn to live and think like her food so she would be able to hunt and lead her people better.
What good is thinking like a bunch of fools that think love and happiness is all there is to life? What about the rest of us that go through pain and heartache? A tear runs down the pink furred cheek of her unicorn disguise as she remembers the day the Army Commander came to her and her mother with the news that her father wouldn’t be coming home. He would be so proud of me to know that grandmother chose me to lead after her.
Turning and walking away from the welcoming statue, Chrysalis walk s to catch the train to her temporary new home. Why give a town such a silly name?
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Walking into Ponyville, a pink unicorn mare with a white mane and tail walks into the library.
“Oh! Are you Snowflower? You must be her. She is supposed to come to town today, and that means she is new! I know everyone in Ponyville and I don’t know you so you must be new and that means you must be Snowflower because Snowflower is the only new pony Ponyville should be getting today. Unless you’re not new, which means you used to be here before and so you might not be Snowflower…so are you Snowflower?!”
The pink unicorn looks at the little pink earth pony filly with incredulity. “Um…yes?” “yay! I’m Pinkiepie by the way. I live with Mr. and Mrs. Cake at Sugarcube Corner. So how are you?”
Snowflower’s jaw drops as she stares. Is this real? What is this pony? “I-I’m good…”
Snow turns around and runs back to the Train Station, getting her ticket and getting on just before the door closes and it leaves. Sitting down in a seat with a sigh, Snowflower looks around to see an empty train cart. In a flash of green fire, Chrysalis sits where Snowflower once sat. While sitting down relaxing, Chrysalis hears a voice over the intercom. “~ Train from Ponyville to Canterlot, estimated arrival time in 3 hours. Please have a pleasant ride. Thank you.~”
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The trip to cantorlot was uneventful. As the train neared the station, Chrysalis donned her disguise again. Just as the last of the green flame disappears from view, the train conductor’s voice comes over the intercom again
“~ we are now arriving at cantorlot station, please remember to take any items you may have brought along with you and have a nice day.~”
Leaving the train, Snowflower bumps into this little violet filly with a star cutiemark.
“Sorry!”
As Snow turns to give her usual snarl and insult, she freezes and her breath catches in her throat.
“wh-who are you?” Snow asks in a choked whisper with a blush upon her cheeks.
The violet unicorn gives a smile that makes Snowflowers’s heart skip a beat in her chest. What is it with me? Why would something like this speck of food affect me so? I can’t seem to act like myself around this filly!
“My name is twilight. I’m Princess Celestia’s personal student. You are...?”
“I-I-I’m Sn-Snowflower. Nice to meet you” Snow stutters out with a goofy smile, her fingers curling through the white braid in her hair. What is wrong with me! STOP! Stop right now!!
Struggling with her emotions, Snow finally remembers what was going on. “oh! I need to find a place to stay!” Turning and running away from the stunning mare, Snowflower finds a dark . Lighting her hiding place up with green fire for a second, chrysalis tries to calm her racing heart
what is with me and that filly? I want, no need to see her again. I must know more… where does she live?
* * *
After spending all day asking around, she found out that the filly’s full name was Twilight sparkle and that she just left for Ponyville to help the princess with some stuff for the annual Summer Sun Celebration. And she should be back the next day after the rising of the sun. Chrysalis also found out that she had a brother that was a royal guard and was dating another princess. This just a family in the well! It wouldn’t hurt to get in good with the princess of the country…maybe she could be the leader of a new rule…where the love the need is given instead of stolen. It would make life for the hive so much easier!!
* * *
After finding a hotel and using magic to get herself a room for free, Chrysalis woke up early the next morning so she could be ready for the return arrival of that perfect filly.
As she sat waiting, the white moon overhead, never noticing the disappearance of a certain mark on the face of the moon, Chrysalis thought hard on what to do what to say when she finally saw her again. Maybe I could ask her to lunch? Or maybe a walk through the park? No, no, no. that s too sappy. Hmm, shouldn’t the sun be up by now?
Waiting for hours, the sun comes up, the trains come and go, but no twilight. Ever shows up…
As the moon rises and the sun sets, chrysalis wonders , why didn’t she show?
heading back to the hotel, chrysalis gets ready to wake up early so she can try again.
* * *
“did you hear?”
“it was terrible”
“I’m so happy for them”
“it must have been scary”
On the way to the train station the next morning, chrysalis heard big news about two different things that day. First was that twilight’s older brother had asked for the pink princess’s hand in marriage and she said yes. Second, Twilight was a hero and was staying indefinably in Ponyville.
Now I know how to gain her heart, I will prove my strength to her…and I know just the young colt to help me.
Seeing the wall of pink, Chrysalis opens her mouth in shock. "NOOOO!" As the wall smashes into her, she lets loose a last ditch effort from her horn in the shape of an acid-green heart....a heart that hits Twilight in the chest before seeming to dissolve into her barrel as she falls to the floor. As Chrysalis is forced out of a nearby window by the power of the magic-shield, she sees her children far below on the ground being blown away by the same pink force through slightly wet eyes. Almost...
* * *
Twilight
"Twilight! Twilight!!"
Seeing stars, the purple mare opens her eyes. The blast from the queen causing a ringing sound to reverberate through her skull, making her unsteady on her feet...the wedding gown upon her bodice seeming to be suffocating her. scratching at the violet fabric, she groans " can't....br-...breath..." Catching on, Rarity lights her horn and, using her magic, gently undoes the gown. Getting to her hands and knees, Twilight coughs and slowly gains her breath back. "Thank...you."
"Twi...ya okay?" Applejack asks as she holds out a hand to help Twilight up. Gratefully taking her hand, she shakily stands. As she looks to her friends, she sees they are all looking at her chest
."Wha...What are you all looking at?" feeling a breeze from the open window, Twilight finally notices that she is only in her white cotton panties... her dress laying on the ground around her, shredded. Blushing profusely, she jerks her arm up to cover her hardening nipples. "Will you quit staring at my tits?!" Every blushed as they all look away trying to pretend that they weren't looking.
Everyone but Fluttershy who just stares, her mouth slightly open, "um...not to bother you, but your chest is glowing...just so you know. unless that's normal...in which case, never mind me."
"Huh?" Looking down, Twilight sees that indeed, her chest was glowing...a lime green glow in the shape of a heart that seemed to emanate out from her chest was able to be seen by all who looked. Looking to her teacher with worry, Twilight starts toward the castles medical wing.
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"Everything checks out Miss Sparkle. the only thing off is the glow, but health wise, you are as fit as can be."
"thank you doctor. Um...can I have some time alone with the princess please?"
"Why, certainly. Everybody out please. Twilight needs her time alone."
As every one leaves, twilight calls out, "Luna...your the princess I need"
Celestia starts before giving a nod and leaving with the rest. As Luna came in and sat next to Twilight's bed, tears started down Twilight's face. "I'm confused Luna. Before, at the wedding and during the attack, I felt she was a threat...that she was evil. but now...I don't know. Ever since i woke up, I've had her on my mind... but I don't see her as evil anymore. For some reason, I feel something else towards her...something I've never felt before. What could it be?" As Twilight talks, Luna sees the heart on her chest start glowing brighter every time she mentions the Queen.
This cant be happening! Luna thinks.
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Chrysalis
Chrysalis felt numb. The horrible dream she’d had left her almost paralyzed. In her dream, she had been utterly defeated by the elements, being forced from Canterlot with all of her kind. Only until a small but steadily growing and throbbing pain start spreading throughout her entire body did she finally start to regain some control of her body and she began to notice a soft light from behind her closed eyelids. She slowly started to open her eyes, the sunlight blinding her and causing her to hiss, normally accustomed to the dark caves of her hive. C-Curse you Celestia... Curse you and your thrice damned ball of light! Groggily, she moved a hand out to push herself out of her bed only to freeze as she makes two discoveries: First, she's outside in the nude. Second, her whole body feels as though it had been tossed into a blender and set on puree. Everything hurt!
As her eyes slowly acclimate to the light, she indeed finds herself outside, her hands gripping the vibrant green grass, towering trees above her swaying in the breeze. Hissing in pain, she pushes herself up into a sitting position. What she saw next could only be described as a queens worst nightmare brought to life before her very eyes. Scattered all around her were the lifeless and broken bodies of her children. Changelings were spread out as far as she could see, some even hanging limp from the branches of the trees. No!“….M -My children…. I-Is anyone there?...”
Following her fear filled inquiry was a still silence that seemed to mock her.
Her mind reels, her eyes welling up with tears as she comes to the horrible, gut-wrenching conclusion: the dream was reality. …I'm the only one left....
Looking over her body, her eyes widen as she realizes the extent of the damage. The chitin all over her body is full of cuts and gashes, placed there by flying debris from the blast. A teal ichor seeps from the lacerations and oozes down her body. Looking to her back with a grimace, she sees what all is left of her shredded wings. The membrane is torn and dangling from the only places where it hasnt been torn yet.
Gritting her teeth in determination, Chrysalis struggles to her hands and knees and shakily stands to her feet only to fall against the rough bark of a nearby tree, leaning against it for support. With a heavy heart and a near broken spirit, she starts limping… Limping toward the only place to find find the only pony that could help her: That MARE. The only one to truly see who she really was. The one that makes her breath catch in her throat and her stomach fill with butterflies every time the mere thought of her arises within her mind. Twilight Sparkle
Walking down the hall from the infirmary, Twilight starts to think. why did she act like that when i told her how i was feeling?
~flashback~
~”Luna, i think something may be wrong with me.”
Luna raises a brow, “and why would that be?”
“Becuase I miss her.”
“And why would it be wrong to miss thy old foal sitter and now sister?”
“th-thats not who I mean” Twilight stammers.
“Oh?”
“I miss Queen Chrysalis” she mutters.
“Luna gives a nervous chuckle. "WE are sure tis nothing..."
"NOTHING?! Luna, I'm having strange feelings that don't resemble hate in the slightest towards a creature that just attacked me, my family, and all of Canterlot...and you think it's NOTHING?!"
"No Twilight... WE don't think tis nothing that you were attacked or that your family was hurt. But WE do think that you are overreacting about how you feel. When my sister and I defeated Discord, we didn't hate him or anything. In fact we felt sorry for him. We felt sorry that he had no friends or anyone to teach him right from wrong. We felt sorry that we had to lock him away in stone for the good and safety of our people. " Anger starting to show in her voice at being berated like so by Twilight.
"But..." Twilight fell silent as what Luna said made since.~
~end flashback~
What was I thinking? Of course its normal to feel sorry for an enemy when you hurt them so much A tear slides down her while she grabs her chest as her heart gives a beat of pain. her nails digging into the soft cotton fabric of the dress Rarity brought for her to wear out of the hospital wing.But i dont feel sorry for them...i feel as if i have lost a loved one. As Twilight sat there deep in thought, she failed to notice a certain white Guard-Captain walk up to her.
"Twi...you ok?"
Twilight jumps at the sound of Shining Armor's voice, startled out of her deep thought. "Yes! Yes, of course. Why do you ask?"
Shining gives her a quick look over and then gives a nervous cough, "nothing- the wedding..." Seeing the questioning look, he explains "it was hard on a lot of people and i wanted to make sure my LSBFF is ok after all of it."
Nodding, twilight gives an obviously fake yawn "no, im just a little tired-well I’mgoingtobednow! Night!" and with that teleported, leaving a very confused and worried Shining Armor standing alone in the hallway.
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Appearing right above her bed, Twilight lands with a light grunt. Looking around to make sure she was alone, twilight gets up and heads to the bathroom. As she look in the mirror... Twilight notices her cheeks are wet with tears and her eyes are puffy, but she can’t remember crying. Rushing through brushing her teeth, she decides to wait til the next morning to shower and heads straight back to her bed. Laying back with a depressed sigh, she uses her magic to pull the blanket over her body as she drifts off to an uneasy slumber.
* * *
Chrysalis
Grunting, Chrysalis crawls closer to the house she found out here off the side of the trail. She had spent the greater part of the day watching it to find if anyone was living there, but so far nobody had shown up or left the little building. Reaching the door she extends an arm out and tries the knob to find it locked. Stars form in Chrysalis's vision as she rams the door with her shoulder, some of the cracks in her chiten spreading more. Closing the door as she stumbled inside, chrysalis thanked the foremothers for the blessing she found in front of her. There were several cases of medical supplies that look to be somewhat old but still usable. After crawling over to the table, she started digging through the supplies til she found the brown bottle she was looking for. Her eyes watered as she poured the alcohol over her wounds, the pain almost making her black out.
After cleaning all the wounds and putting some gauze over the larger sections of missing chitin, chrysalis crawls to a corner and lays down to get some much needed rest while she temporarily couldn't feel her body.
* * *
That night, the two mares dreamt of one another.
~Dream~
~Standing in a field of blood-red roses, the two mares stare at one another.
“Why did you attack us?! Why couldn't you have tried peace with us!? we never did wrong to you, did we?” the purple one yelled.
The black and green one shook her head “it wasn't like that! I meant to impress the one i love, not hurt anyone” she moves to run forward only to stop as she feels pain on her bare leg. looking down she sees that every place the petals have run across her leg was now sporting a deep gash, even through the chitten.
The purple one takes no notice of her pain. “who were trying to impress?! everyone who saw it was scared or hurt! Who could you hope to impress with that much-”
“you”
The simple word catches the purple mares breath in her throat. she just stares as the words sink in she loves me?!her mind and heart races as with that word she finally understands what she has been feeling since the blast from the other mare left a glowing heart on her chest. Then her mind jumps to a different conclusion also “you put a love spell on me!!” she shrieked.
The black mare shakes her head "No, what i did was make it so you could understand how I feel. What you feel right now is my love for you, after the amount that you hate me was subtracted from it, so in other words, you feel a fraction of the love I feel for you...and it’s going to keep growing the less you hate me until you feel the same I feel for you. If or when I see you again, I shall remove the spell. At that point you will only feel your own true feelings and none of mine.”
The purple mare just stands there in silence processing what she just heard. After a few moments, the purple mare shimmers and disappears. The black mare just smiles and and spreads her poison-green insect wings to fly out of the rose field and land next to a lake nearby where she spreads out with her legs in the water and her head on the sand with her eyes closed to relax.~