Short Stories and Tales.

        Numb, that was all that Chrysalis could feel when she slowly woke up, numb, tired and drained from her magic.Slowly her senses came to her, and a beeping sound was the first thing she heard.She opened her eyes and took notice of where she was lying.

        White walls greeted her sight, closed curtains maintained the room dimly lit, but it didn’t stop her eyes on falling on a specific figure.Sitting, with his attention on a large book,was the source of her pain.The human looked big, much bigger than she remembered on the throne room, it was fully clad in clothing, the reason for that she could not understand why, and it’s dark brown mane contrasting with it’s pale skin was the only other characteristic she could point out from him.

        As if sensing that he was being watched, the human closed his book and stood up, cracking a few joints while he stretched.He turned to her, and spoke while walking, “Good morning, how’re ya holding up?”

        “W-whuh?” Chrysalis mumbled, her tiredness slipping away as the human came closer.

        “What, expected to be in a dungeon or sumthing? heh, ya’re in a hospital missy, private room no less, it’s just me an’ ya here.” he said, extending his arms sideways.

        She looked at him, wary, and slowly she begun to take stock of her surroundings again, a few cables were sticking into her left foreleg, connecting to both a monitor that kept beeping in synchrony with her heart and a transparent IV bag.A tray was placed on a nightstand at the side of the bed, holding a bowl with water and another with what she supposed to be some sort of warm beverage.Other than that, the entire place looked like a common hospital room.

        Turning to him, she decided it was best to start questioning him now rather than later, “Why is it, that i’m here and not in a dungeon cell? is there anything that you’re planning on doing with me, human?”

        “Ah, where are my manners,” he chuckled, “name’s Varch, and there’s nuthing Ah want to do to you, you’re here to recover, before facing your trial.”

“Trial?” “Hmph, then they’re healing me before an execution? what a waste of resources.”

        “They ain’t gonna kill ya, for as long as ah’ve been here ah’ve never seen they kill anything, not even that bastard Discord, and Ah thought they were going to do something fierce to him,they only stoned that thing.” he spat out the sentence, as if holding it in his mouth would poison him, “they’re a bunch of pacifists, not what Ah would call the best on my line of work but that’s their business, Ah’m only here to serve them anyway.” he leaned on the wall, and crossed his arms, “not that Ah would kill ya, anything that survives me and heals fine in just a day is worthy of appreciation” he laughed, and shaking his head he continued, “ya should eat that soup too, pretty good for just plant and water.”

        Chrysalis eyed the soup,"so that's what it is," and using her magic she levitated the bowl to her, on top of the trail was a spoon that she hadn’t noticed before, and taking it she used to mix it, steam billowing from it while she did so, and so she decided to taste it.Her taste buds met with a salty, warm liquid that had a hint of tastes she had never felt.

“What’s on this?” she decided to ask Varch, who only raised an eyebrow at her question.

“Ehh, onions, barley, broth, carrots, for all i know there’s at least a dozen stuffs in it, why?”

        She looked at it again, happy that she had only taken a sip of it instead of a mouthfull, “Changelings can’t eat anything solid, we feed both on ‘emotions’ and fluids, such as nectars.” she looked at him, and for her surprise he was grinning.

“So ya’re more bug than Ah’ve tought. Good to know, so Ah suppose ya’re not going to eat all that?” he asked, Chrysalis shook her head, and levitated the bowl and spoon back to the tray.

"And the other one?” she asked him.

“That’s only water.” he answered.

        She levitated the water bowl to her lips, and after a few testing sips she took the entire thing in few loud gulps, satisfied with the room temperature liquid she put the bowl back on the tray again.

“So, nectars huh? stuff like juice and honey would do okay too?” Varch asked, going around the bed and collecting the tray with his hands.

“Yes, why do you ask?” her only answer was a grin, and without further response he took the tray and exited the room, leaving her slightly confused.

“I could leave,” she tought “but it would be too easy if that’s just that, there could be guards stationed around, the curtains are closed, but it’s obvious that it is day time, I may be lucky that I’m alive, and if i press it i may not be so lucky next time.” she concentrated on what was left of her magic, only to be disappointed “there’s not even enough for me to keep a disguise for long, my reserves must have drained trying to heal me.”

        She sighed, the chances of her successfully escaping were dim, the consequences of being caught again astronomically high for such low odds.She took a few long breaths, and deciding to wait she laid back fully on the soft mattress, her eyes fluttering close as tiredness crept back up to her, before she went to sleep however a few words echoed on her mind.

“Anything that survives me is worthy of appreciation.”