One week after the invasion and the wedding, A turquoise pegasus from North Ponyville touched down near the jail. With poise and determination, she cantered into the visitor reception area and towards the holding cells. Naturally, a guard intercepted her.
"Excuse me, miss. I need you to show me some form of identification, and well, in light of recent events, you'll also--"
The visitor's eyes glowed green, and with venom she spoke: "You will not interfere with my mission, and you will see to it that nopony else enters the, um--" a little less venomously: "What does one call the prisoney part of a prison?"
"Uh, a cell block?"
"Right." The venom returned, but its strength had been sapped. Now her words were more like the bite of a centipede. Nasty, but hardly fatal, allergic reaction notwithstanding. "Anyway, stay out of the cell block. And keep others out as well. I'll be speaking to the--ahem--prisoner in private."
"Y-y-yes, Miss..."
"That's Miss S. to you."
"Yes Misses."
"Thank you for your cooporation."
"Sassaflash?"
"Cut the carpenter, Ｍｉｔ ＇Ｔｚｅｒｎ Ｆｌａｅｒｏｎ. It's just us here."
"Wow, it's been a long time since I've heard that name. Not long enough, really. What can I do for you, Sassy? How's Caramel handling all this, by the way?"
"He doesn't know. That's not why I'm here though. Someling want's to speak with you. I bear an important message from ＭＯＴＨＥＲ."
"Chrysalis? She's alive!?"
＂Ｔｓｋ ｔｓｋ ｔｓｋ． Ｙｏｕ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ Ｉ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｇｏ ｄｏｗｎ ｔｈａｔ ｅａｓｉｌｙ？ ＯＦ ＣＯＵＲＳＥ Ｉ＇Ｍ ＡＬＩＶＥ， ＹＯＵ ＳＴＵＰＩＤ ＇ＬＩＮＧ！＂
"Sassaflash? Sassaflash, what are you doing?"
＂Ｓｉｇｈ． Ｄｉｄ ｓｈｅ ｎｏｔ ｔｅｌｌ ｙｏｕ ｔｏ ｅｘｐｅｃｔ ｍｅ？ Ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｙｏｕｒ ｑｕｅｅｎ ｓｐｅａｋｉｎｇ， ｒｕｎｔ．＂
"Y-y-you... you're using Sassy's b-body? That's you, ＭＯＴＨＥＲ?"
"So very astute, my dear Flaeron. But I'm afraid you won't be calling me that for very much longer. I'm exiling you. You're kicked from the hive. Effective last week."
"What? You can't do that!"
"I already did. Last Wednesday. Were you too absorbed in your self-righteous martyrdom to notice?"
"I noticed the peace and quiet. I thought the telepathy networks had just gotten fried by the blast."
"Err, well, that too. But they came back online yesterday. So yeah, you're expelled."
"Fine! I was tired of living a lie, anyway."
"Why? That's what we do! That's all we've ever done! And up until last Saturday, it's worked!"
"Mother, in regards to that, please leave me be before I say something I regret. And, you know, thanks for not killing me, and stuff."
"Please, you're not worth the effort. Never let it be said that I am cruel to my underlings."
` "No, just other sentient species."
"I refuse to have this discussion with you. Goodbye, Ｆｌａｅｒｏｎ. Ｍｉｔ ＇Glautspren Wremp, your body's all yours.
Sassy, did you hear that?! She just expelled me. She just up and--"
"I heard every word, Ｆｌａｅｒｏn.
"Please call me Bon Bon.
Very well. regardless, she kept me in the loop."
"Can you do the same for me?"
"I don't know. I'll try. Things are going to be changeling a lot around her. There's wind that Chrysalis might even recall me back to the hive.
"What? Yes, I do think I could have done it better than her."
