Rising Hope 2: The Harmony Of Equestria.

Queen's Gambit Vs Rook's Demoniac Imagination

''Fight for your life human, or be added to the immeasurable tally of those imprisoned to my will.'' the queen of the changelings demanded of the human who stood up, despite his limited motion of only standing on his right knee as he stared back into the alluring, yet dangerous eyes of Chrysalis.

''Now why would I want to do that?'' Jamir's body shivered at the feeling of a nonexistent cold wind blowing over. ''And what do you mean fight for my life? You intend to k-kill me?'' the pain steadily increased, drawing every ounce of willpower to not break down, voice pain, discomfort, suffering, give in to the temptations and for what? A major threat not only to him stood some 3 to 5 feet away, also one that caused a slew of different complications to the human's life exponentially.

Laughing at his words, Chrysalis trotted forward, way past the normal boundaries of personal space as her nose touched his own as both locked gazes, hers being ever so sneaky while Jamir's portrayed masked bravado, his mind filled by absolute fear branched to the furthest reaches of his mind. The urge to back away became second nature, well it would have if not for the human's muscles not responding to his brain signals.

Come on, move: this is way too close. Jamir thought. I've got to get away before she does something i'll regret. his mind ran amuk, confusing his notions of right and wrong while the queen kept up the staring farce, waiting for a minute before speaking.

''...Yessss.'' she breathed right in his ear, prompting him to only fall deeper under the proverbial bridge that spanned on, no matter what was done to rectify it. Mouth hanging open with a thousand yard stare present, the queen chuckled as she ran a cold, black hoof along the entirety of the human's smooth face, stopping at the nose to flick it before backing away.

''Oh, worry not:'' she smirked.

''It will not be as your mind would be able to conceive it to be: I present you with a offer you cannot refuse.'' Chrysalis conjured up a mirror with her magic, presenting it to the human to face the reality of what is happening. Staring into it, the human's gentle face accumulated quite a bit of dirt as he could just feel the small dust shards of crystals pierce his eyes as a source of his tear-soaked shirt. His once almond brown pupils long shifted and to a deep red with gold trimmed around the edge of the iris. Dragging the mirror down some, the human's attire fared no better as the black suit vest was completely torn to shreds from the result of the fight with his doppelgangers, however the white dress shirt just screamed filth as a large red blotch of blood long dried over from his eyes bleeding. His black dress pants went through Hell and back seeing as a pant leg was ripped off as somepony (of who he has no idea who) bite it off, leaving deep teeth marks that would bruise in the morning. Lastly, the only thing not completely defiled was the human's luscious, flowing red-golden knee length hair that somehow remained tied up in his scrunchy.

''Tell me...what do you see?'' the queen asked, using her influenced control of the human to force the answer out.

''A-A hopeless s-soul.~'' the ear wrenching sound of grinding teeth alerting Chrysalis of his resistance.

''That you are, that you are.'' she agreed. ''but, that can be fixed...in a number of ways.''

Huh, m-ms. prissy here thinks t-that she has m-me on the ropes, eh? We'll see about-

''Jamir!'' Twilight yelled, running towards her coltfriend, the rest of his friends and lovers rushing to his aid.

The sound of a magical spell striking the human urged everyone to stop in their tracks.

''Oh, no.'' the queen stomped her hoof. ''we would not want the human here to have an accident now would we?''

A blast of energy struck the human's core, easily decimating his shirt as he writhed in agony, only adding the queen's enjoyment and the suffrage of his friends.

''Aaaahhh!'' the force of the blast knocked him back down to a sitting position as he barely managed to cover his arms to shield the blast. Feeling the beam be more concentrated on his heart than any other place forced his mind to create false images, broken dreams, and waking nightmares that clawed at the human's psyche. In turn, his pain and suffering as the princess of the sun experienced the backlash from her place with everyone else on the sidelines, observing the fight as the central view of the the surrounding areas all looked to be drenched in one thing: emotions.

''Ha! I find it amusing how you squirm underneath my hoof like a bug! How do you feel that I should torture you even more?''

Raw emotions, confused emotions, even ones that lay dormant awakened at the apex of the human's capacity for restraint as a tether snapped inside of him.

''Chrysalis.'' the human snarled. ''you obviously has no idea of who you're messing with.''

Raising an eyebrow, the queen narrowed her eyes as she laughed. Slowly walking to the middle of the aisleway, the small stream of smoke and smell of semi-burnt flesh brought out a sadistic smile to both Jamir and Chrysalis.

''Prepare to be die, human.'' the changeling flicked her tongue to the floor where her saliva ate away at the carpet like termites.

Really? Acid saliva? She's not playing around. the human's thoughts recognized the danger in front of him and retaliated by pumping adrenaline into his veins, enabling a bit more controlled movement of his body. Trying his absolute best to stand on his two feet through the feeling of 10 tons bearing down onto his back made for a slow, pain filled rise.

''Yea.'' Jamir understood now. ''that's not happening...so why not do this how we both know this is to end?'' his fist were put up.

''Very well: when I gut you, do not say you did not have a chance to have your life spared.'' Chrysalis stood her ground.

''Hold on, we're coming to help you-

''No, Frank.'' the human calmly ordered. ''If she wishes for a fight then she shall receive one...but know this,'' he paused. ''Chrysalis: you can call me obsessed, it's not your fault that they hover, I mean no disrespect, it's my right be to hellish.'' he stopped.

''But.'' Frank sighed. ''We can't just stand here doing nothing!''

''It's okay.'' Shining Armour laid a hoof on his shoulder. ''he's got this under control, or at least he better have it under control.''

''But we can help!'' Rainbow argued.

''Look at them.'' he gestured to the look of rage and concentration in both of their eyes. ''something tells me that they're not likely to let any of us interfere or it could be a problem.''

''He means to say that the only thing we can do at this point is just watch.'' Cadence figured.

''I will do no s-such thing: my mate is scared, confused and rapidly having his magic depleted. I must help!'' Celestia hissed.

''Sorry, princess: I don't think you're in any condition to help out: you look as bad as Jamir does.'' Fluttershy advised. That made the solar princess feel helpless at the moment. How could he just stand by while a international threat stands not a few feet away? And to top it off, her mate, her love is fighting this battle with everything that he has besides the wave of fear she can feel swaying from his very soul.

''Tia..'' the human's voice echoed in her mind. ''I-I'll be fine, y-you just make sure everyone stays c-clear.''

''Very well...I trust you, but do not fail.'' she thought back.

''Huh?''

''But...I still get jealous!'' he blasted off with precision, aiming a fist right for the midsection of her chest as the blow landed with explosiveness, drawing a grunt from the queen as she braced for impact, taking the attack head on. Bringing her forehoof down, the human managed to move out of the way to try and avoid the onslaught of hoof strikes aimed for his head. Weaving and bobbing proved to be more difficult as a stream of spit hit his arm, distracting him to acknowledge the burning pain while the queen struck him across the face, forcing him to the floor.

Damnit! That...really h-hurts.~ Pulling dirty tricks, well I can do that too! Jamir devised a small plan he hoped could tip the fight in his favor.

''Come on, that's all you got? Even Aj can be more feisty, pleasing and ready to blow in bed, even before I tease her all the way.'' Jamir taunted.

''H-Hey!'' A blushing Applejack scolded.

''You little brat!'' the queen growled. ''I was going easy on you, but I see you really wish to die!'' she fired a blast of magic to the human, who remained still.

''Move, move out of the way!'' Pinkie screeched.

''Come on, you idiot: I know you're beat up, but not this stupid!'' Frank berated.

I just hope this works. he hoped in his mind. Crouching down low to better control his gravity, he smirked as the wind around picked up, blowing his hair every which way. The spell hit with deadly accuracy as a shriek of pain was heard, but not from the human.

''What have you done?!'' Chrysalis recoiled at the scorch mark left on her coat as she shied away from touching from her position on the floor.

''Quite simple.'' the human said, holding the source of Chrysalis's pain in his palm. ''I got a little curious being down in the caverns with Twilight and Cadence, so I picked a curious hair: those crystals you mentioned? A few remained, one holding a higher chance for a refractive nature as Twilight's magic struck it. Before I knew it, I had a natural shield in my hand to counter your blast with a little location magic in the case you or 'Cadence' might have wanted to attack me, that's how you're on the ground now: the spell tracked yours so fast that I knew where you would fire before you did.''

''Hmph, clever move.'' she praised. ''I underestimated you, a big mistake on my part, one I do not intend to make again!'' A bright light filled the room, blinding the human as hoovesteps were heard, throwing the human off guard at the worst possible moment.

''Gah!'' A bloodcurdling scream rippled through the entire room from Celestia and the human as a blunt, but sharp force pierced Jamir's lower stomach, drawing a cough of blood to sully the velvet carpet as he managed to compose himself long enough to see that the changeling's horn was the culprit.

''Jamir!'' Twilight panics, rushing forward, being turned away by Cadence to not see the gruesome sight before them. Almost all of her sharp, jagged horn struck the human's stomach, tearing the skin like flesh so far that it was forced out the other end as the blood and stomach acid dripped out, coating the appendage.

''A-A-h, a-ah...'' Is all Jamir was able to manage out from the shock. The pain was on par with the emotional pain he beared in the Griffon Kingdom, controlling.

''Hahaha! What was that about not dying?'' the queen joked. ''I would think you have more fight in you then this, but I guess that-Oof!'' her head was struck at the base of her forehead, drawing a involuntary panic attack to occur. Feeling his hands take hold of her, hushed screams of anguish confused the changeling as she figured no one, not even him would be able to react to this level of trauma.

''You.'' his eyes narrowed. ''just m-aa~de a colossal mistake.'' he grunted harshly. ''Raaaaahhh!'' he yanked forward, ripping the foreign object from his body, drawing a spurt of blood to seep out as over a thousand nerve endings sparked, Jamir ignored it however, besides at this point nothing else could possibly hurt that his mind has not fabricated a possible scenario for.

''W-What are you?'' Chrysalis rubbed her head. ''why won't you die?!'' she panicked at a steady growth in the human's magic that spiked. She can literally feel bits and pieces of his magic returning, but what is making him do this?

''Those harlots!'' Chrysalis thought to herself. ''they're supplying him with magic!''

Steadily, the small cuts, bruises, and otherwise miniscule things healed over, barring the 2 inch thick hole in his stomach still remained, the blood long stopping. With his head down, hands clenching uncontrollably, tears along with a thicket of his breath becoming smoke began to unnerve the queen. Upon seeing a concentrated portion of magic be focused to his throat and left hand, she possessed a pretty good idea of what to expect.

''I had hoped it would not have to come to this.'' Jamir spoke with complete seriousness. ''but, it appears I have no choice but to go all out.'' he stared at the floor for what seemed ages until he raised his head, revealing the human's blood red eyes, fixed only on the queen as into looking to them...Chrysalis's cold heart stopped for an entire minute, tricking her brain to believe that she died right then and there.

''It's time to...''

''No, it can't end like this!'' Chrysalis panicked.

''For you...''

''This is not how it will end!''

''To die!'' he released a condensed beam of magic that zoomed by Chrysalis, striking a bit of her mane off as it cracked a hole through the mosaic glass as it whizzed by, decimating a nearby building to smithereens as it caught fire and exploded, the heat bouncing back, splaying out in the room, raising the temperature as she sweated a bit.

''Next one won't miss.'' he blasted off, rushing with a cocked back fist, the magic behind it swirling all colors of the rainbow.

''No!!!'' she brought her horn to life, sliding the broader side to Jamir's fist, each contacting the other with a ear shattering sound, creating a wave of different colors, a shockwave pushing everything back.

''Ahhhhh!''/''Ahhhhhh!'' the sound reached unimaginable levels, the light consuming both into a state of limbo as the entire building ruptured to the base.

Some time later, unknown location:

A cold silence swept the barren wasteland as Jamir looked over it with a curious eye. From where he stood was a vast land that spanned for miles with a layer of clouds and snow plastered on the ground around him as he brought his eyes to the horizon, gazing at the breathtaking sight of a ginormous planet in front of sight, a moon in its orbit. Taking a moment to admire this vast, unexplored land, he almost shed a actual tear of joy from this.

But then he realized something: where the hell is he?

''Hello?!'' he yelled, hoping to grab someone's attention. Brrrhh! It's cold out here. Thanks to the Changeling queen, Jamir was not exactly cut out for artic weather. To him, it seemed like nobody has lived here for ages. Is this some dream world perhaps, or some random delusion?

Whatever it is, the human saw fit to address the growing cold as he checked his magic.

''Hmm, I still have some left: better use it wisely.'' he closed his eyes and thought of more appropriate clothes for the weather. A white tee shirt was draped over a nice, long green sweater wrapped over a white puffy coat with a hood. Some red and black trimmed pants with extra padding covered Jamir's body snugly as his black, steel toed buckled winter boots sank into the snow. Lastly, whatever reason, he summoned a white cloak over all clothing as an attempt to blend in. Flipping both to his head, he walked forward in the hopes of finding out where exactly he is. However before he could take two steps, a distressed voice bellowed in his mind.

''Love, where are you? I cannot sense you anywhere.'' Celestia's voice sounded hurt, scared almost.

''Well.'' he started. ''some arctic tundra of some kind, i'm by myself at the moment, and it looks like i'm on an entirely different planet.''

The human looked around to try and spot signs of life, but came up with squat.

''Is Chrysalis there with you?''

''No.'' Celestia replied.

''Must mean she's here with me then.'' Jamir deduced. ''I'll find her, force me to take us back, and arrest her for her crimes. it seems that-

''iieeeeeeee!''

I have a visitor...and pretty good idea of who.'' the human brought forth his sword. ''talk to you later.''

''Wai-

He cut the connection after that. Craning his head upward, a small blur was rapidly approaching him, a tint of green telling him all that was needed. Sucking in a brief inhale of air, he sprinted forward, closing the gap. Dodging the flurry of airborne attacks was somewhat of a issue as the hole in his stomach caused a slight stumble. Scaling up a ledge, his majestic green and white trimmed wings lifted him off the ground.

Flying up to the heavens, Jamir's sword was fully unsheathed as his grip tightened. Getting closer to his target, he swung his sword in an arc, upon contacting Chrysalis's horn they forced each other to a stalemate, a wave of pressurized air crackling between them.

''Where are we?'' he demanded.

''The place of your death!'' Chrysalis roared back. Pushing his sword back, she rushed forward, clashing attacks once again. Being slammed into a revenue, Jamir struggled as he lost leverage with Chrysalis bearing down on him. With a slight red tinge coming from the base of his throat, Chrysalis gasped as a beam of magic exited the human's maw that put considerable distance between the two. Getting up, rage began to fill his eyes with a stone cold determination with the changeling evading the narrow attacks, each shot leaving his mouth like a cannon until it struck a glacier that caused a massive avalanche to flow down. Soaring to the sky at maximum speed,  the surrounding air condensed, forming a cone to propel him forward almost as fast as Rainbow Dash. Holding his sword for a overhead swing, steel met flesh as screams of pain filled his ears, but he was done, not by a long shot. Correcting his flight pattern, he came around to grab hold of Chrysalis and take her with him as he kicked her with such force that it not only forced the wind out of her, but knocked her unconscious and packing across the horizon line.

''Great, now I gotta go get her.'' Jamir trailed after.

Within in a few minutes of flying at high speed, the arctic tundra slowly disappeared beneath him to be replaced by bright lights and shadowed figures. Coming over a mountain, another sight lay before him that paled in comparison to the cold, desolate plains. A large metropolis that spanned for miles to come, with many advanced technological buildings flanking magnificent ships that  each portrayed a blue glow with one building towards the bottom appearing to be a central hub.

Scanning the area over as he glided through, the sights of the foreign world enraptured Jamir, but the one thing that had him truly shellshocked was the sight of people...actual humans, at least that's the basic defining characteristic of the populus with the presence of a human touch. Mainly comprising of a mutation with animals and technology brought a thought to his head. Some had Lion manes, others with Wolf tails, Ram horns, Tiger claws, and some even had Dragon wings. For the technology portion, a few had circuits embedded into their skin, small transformable parts strewn about the arms, legs and torso. The whole sight was extraordinary.

''Is this some kind of ancient civilization?'' he asked. ''No doubt Twilight would get a kick out of-

Crash!

''Huh?''

Looking to his left, a rather large smoke cloud began to form at the site of what looked to be a information hub from the number of inhabitants inspecting the crash as well as others conversating around. Shedding his bulky clothes, Jamir adapted to just the white tee and cloak. Landing down with a thud, the looks of mild confusion did little to unnerve him as these people are human in a way, so any preconceived racial notions were tossed to the side. Moving past some broken glass and chipped solar panels away, the human stepped inside the circular dome, many lights shining on him as the source of his plight lay near a portal of sorts, surrounded by a slew of light with a stone arch.

Approaching the downed queen with determination, a pressure began to weigh down on the human, but was later ignored. The sight of Chrysalia hunched over on the glass floor, horn slightly sparking as she groaned. Grabbing a firm hold at the base he prepared to lift her up, only to for his eyes to turn white and experienced visions of a past life, living nightmares flashed in his eyes.

Unknown Location:

Once again, the human opened his eyes to see yet another wide array of blank surroundings, however this one was not unlike the previous ones: this was filled with hate, regret, fear and confusion. Jamir could feel all these emotions like a leech sucking away at his blood. A damp, dark forest was laid out before him. Ugh, why couldn't be easy for him? Always some dark, spooky place to track down someone, never a nice little cabana with drinks or a nice village but no. He didn't complain, besides somebody like him had no real room to do that. More importantly is what the fuck is going on with these roaring voices lingering around his head. It wasn't this random since Twilight snapped about a friendship letter.

Going forward with caution, the voices began to increase, causing him to pause. Upon seeing a small green orb next to him, the human inched over, grasping the softball sized object in one hand, small images pulsed in and out at random.

First Vision

In a distant sector of what appeared to be a hive swarmed with changelings, old and young through the dense underbrush of the hive, ducking and sliding past colonies going to conduct business, talk, patrol, etc. In the middle of all this lay a great alcazar, home to the current queen. This all seemed like a twisted maze of confusion until the image shifted inside, a large black mass hunched over a changeling infant.

''Mommy, mommy! Are you okay?'' A tiny voice sounded. The filly before looked to be fairly young with a dark coat, a somewhat greenish blue mane and tail with a little bow in her hair as her little wings buzzed about worriedly.

''I'm fine, Chrissy, but mommy needs you to make her a promise.'' The older changeling assured being a somewhat spitting image of her child, looking to be tired after a long day's work, but masked it with a small smile.

''What's that?''

''I'm not feeling too well, sweetheart: mommy's...sick and needs your help.''

''I'll do whatever I can for mommy!''

''Good child, I've sensed a particular frequency for quite some time now and it has only grown more pronounced ever since. Mommy called in a favor from an old friend, you remember Mr. Discord, don't you?''

''Of course, I'll never forget the day he made it rain milk!''

The queen chuckled, reminiscing on that day: she's never seen Chrysalis more hyper than before.

''Well, I've asked him to take care of a certain problem for me as I go away for a while.''

''Will you come back?'' Chrysalis hoped.

''Of course I will.'' she rubbed a loving hoof to her child's head. ''But it will be quite some time before I can return but I need you to promise me that when the day when that presence comes to be at its highest that you will do what needs to be done so mommy can come back.''

''Okay! I promise mommy!'' the filly cheered.

''Wait, was that...Chrysalis?'' Jamir grew confused. ''I never knew she wasn't so much of a bitch, but that's her mother? Whoa.'' he shook his head. Viewing back into the sphere, the image shifted to a more laid back setting in a lush forest as a more aged Chrysalis trotted through, a wandering look on her face.

''I wonder when mommy's coming back.'' Chrysalis spoke to herself. ''It's been a few years since she left, but I still miss her. No! I can't be distracted, I have to keep an open eye for that disturbance thingy she talked about!'' she looked back to her reflection in the pond.

''Well, look who I spy with my eye!'' a voice sounded next to her. Looking over, a actual eye was in front of her as she jumped back in shock.

''Mr. Discord?'' she asked, still frightened.

''Ha!'' the lord of chaos slapped a knee as his eye dropped down to the floor, slicking over to his goat leg and heading back over to his face. ''Apologies, my dear, couldn't resist.'' he reasoned. ''I overheard your entire conversation and wanted to assist you, after all I do owe Vestia a  debt, so allow me to give you some insight on your quest.'' he brought forth a bright light in his paw, a mischievous grin on his face.

''What'll that do?''

''Answer all your potential questions my dear. Answer all your questions...''

''Wait that prick had a hand in all this?''  Jamir was flabbergasted. ''What. The. Fuck?'' Taking one last look inside, the image moved to another, portraying a more current image. Seeing her walk through the lines of incubation pods, Chrysalis stopped at one and sighed.

''Mother.'' Chrysalis looked to the floor. ''If you can hear me, I would really wish for all this to be to a end already. Day in and out, I have trained my subjects, done my duties as queen, handled minor issues and still nothing has surfaced for that 'grand disturbance' you mentioned. I've been through ages of the same things, over and over again. Should I just give up? Or just...Oh: I don't know anymore.''

Dropping the sphere from his hands, Jamir fell back onto his rear as he received a mental slap to the face from that entire ordeal. Swallowing a lump in his throat, he...understood everything now. All of it. No shroud of confusion was left out, nothing. Everything he possibly needed to comprehend, he already did. Before he could get a complete sentence out, his body was jerked forward with the speed of fighter jet then hit the brakes as the force made his eyes close and body feel the G-force equivalent to a small moon shattering his bones. Hissing in pain, all of his nerves fired off at the same time, making his body flare up like a christmas tree. Feeling a rigid object in left hand and a smooth one to his right, Jamir looked to see that not only was he back where he originally started, but also that Chrysalis had woken up with tears in her eyes.

Contemplating what he witnessed back in what he presumed to be her mind, all manner of ripping her spine out and using her skull for a drinking cup slowly faded as he looked to her broken face.

''So.'' she choked on her tears. ''Now you know: go on and be done with it. End my miserable life, I have nothing else to do with it anyhow.'' Chrysalis accepted her fate. After all this time of waiting, scheming, fighting and betrayal, the human finally had the chance to get even with the one who did not him wrong, but those he loved and cared about, so he took his time thinking about how to end her life with his katana pressed to her jugular.

Then...he remembered as he thought back.

''Was what Azure did unforgivable? Yes. Should she pay for that that? Hell yes. But you can't-

''But nothing!'' Twilight shut him up. ''I don't know about you but I think that revenge is not the right path to undertake when it could littered with danger. The right thing to do would be to let the authorities take care of and her and they can handle her punishment from there. You always go head in without thinking and do you ''SNIFF!''  know what that has gotten you into? A month in ''SNIFF!' prison away from us.'' She paused. ''Even if they don't show it, the girls and myself have agreed that you should give up on going after her. She turned tail and ran away which tells me that she is a coward. All that matters is that you're here with us, so I'm asking you from the deepest part of my heart: will you please just give up on her and just stay with the ponies you love? We...''SNIFF!'' won't be able to handle losing you again. Please.'' She embraced the human in a hug, Rainbow and Applejack following after.

While this was a tough choice to be made on his part, Jamir showed no regret or second thought as he removed the blade, offering a hand instead.

''W-What are you doing?'' Chrysalis asked.

''Helping you up: come on we gotta get back.'' his sense of logic must have smashed like a watermelon. This is Chrysalis. Chrysalis! How can he be acting so calm and...unaffected by what occurred?

''Why?!'' she bellowed. ''After all I have done to you, why are you doing this? You could have ended my life and nopony would have cared. This is baffling! W-Why are you so easy-going about this? For buck's sake I tried to kill you!'' she thumped a weak hoof to his chest. ''J-Just do it already.'' Chrysalis burst into tears. For some time, all was quiet with the human as he sat there, watching the queen bawl her eyes out not only in pain, but confusion and hopelessness.

''Because you didn't mean to actually do it. You were urged, more or less forced into this position. You had no choice but to this for your mother, but that's the cause for all this: you did this out of wanting to please and bring back her back after all those years of being alone. Only hurt people hurt people, or ponies in this case. While I would not have been so naive to fall into the trap you did, I would never kill if I did not have to, that being said for the times I did: I have always considered and hoped for another option. Chrysalis i'm sparing you because...I understand now. I'm not slicing your neck because you need to live your life the way you wish to live it. Real living is living for others.''

Being shellshocked long enough to take his hand in a good grip, the queen and human stared at each other, no longer hints of rage shrouding their eyes.

''I-I can't go back.'' Chrysalis's ears dropped. ''I caused so much trouble with so many others, how can I-

''Hey, let me take care of that.'' Jamir stopped here. ''I mean, you are sorry for what you did, right?''

''Yes.'' Listening to the tone of her voice, it held no malice, deceit, trickery, or anything of the sort: a genuine apology.

''Then that's all that matters: we can handle that as the issues fly to us but this'll take one hell of a explaining to do back home.''

Charging what little of her magic she possessed left into her horn, a brilliant green glow swirling through both of them as Jamir laid a hand to her back before teleporting.

''You know that you will have a lot to atone for, right? Just because I have forgiven you does not mean the girls and everyone else you wronged will be so willing to do the same. At the very least, the death penalty can be off the table with a little convincing.''

Lifting her head up, Chrysalis actually had a heartfelt smile on her face right as the light overtook them.

''Thank you.''

Poof!

Canterlot:

Poof!

Everypony had just come back from helping free the citizens from all that, ugh goop. At this point, nobody's ever thinking of eating jelly again or peanut butter for that matter. Celestia had not heard from her mate in quite some time and began to worry even more. She would have followed after him in a heartbeat, but due to her low magical reserves, she had little in the way of trying to duplicate the spell Chrysalis used.

Coming back into the place where all had started, a massive surge of power hit Celestia in the face like her least favorite thing as it stopped her in her tracks. In front of her stood Jamir, a white cloak strung over his face. Her love's here! She doesn't have to panic anymore, she won't have to-

''What the buck is she doing here?!'' Rainbow Dash growled. Looking to where she gestured, the changeling queen stood next to him, a look of rage coming to Celestia's face.

''You insufferable hag!'' Celestia lost her composure for a moment. ''How dare you return here! Do you really think that-

''Guys!'' Jamir stepped in front of her. ''I know this looks bad, trust me I know: but don't do what I think you're gonna do.''

''Why not?'' Applejack readied to charge. ''After all she's done you're defending her?''

''She must be controlling you again!'' Rainbow said, doing the same as the farm pony. ''Let's rumble!''

''Hear me out: i'm not under any control, I just saw the true nature of why she did all that: it's all pretty justified to me.''

''The wedding, controlling Shining Armor, putting us in the cavern: how can that be justified?'' Cadence wondered.

''If you'll give her a chance, I promise you that this will all make sense.''

Everyone remained skeptical as he could be under some hidden influence.

''Please, guys.'' he begged. ''I wouldn't go this far if I didn't know what I was doing. Just...let me show you and if by some miracle i'm wrong then do what you will to her, but she deserves a fair shot, doesn't she?''

''You know, you never cease to amaze me.'' Twilight trotted over, nuzzling the human. ''If he's this determined to try and prove that her actions were not just cause, then I say that we give him that chance.''

''Thanks, Twi: even in harsh times you still had my back.'' Jamir smiled.

''Of course, who would I be without-

''Twi?'' Jamir asked.

''It broke.'' she whispered, shock on her face, but happiness in her voice.

''Huh? What broke?'' Pinkie poked her friend.

''My water broke: the baby's coming!'' she announced.

''What?!'' Everyone yelled.

''Quick, somepony get her down to the medical wing!'' Shining commanded.