After CanterlotView OnlineA Daughter's loveAfter Canterlot"A daughter's love" Chapter 1: After Canterlot Chrysalis found herself stuck in a tree, feeling a little dizzy after being expelled from Canterlot by Shining Armor and Princess Cadence's spell. Feeling a bit disoriented, she tried to get out of the tree, but she noticed one of her wings was damaged. She tried to fly down from the tree with the damaged wing, regardless. Unsurprisingly, her wing failed her, causing her to plummet toward the ground, landing on top of a changeling. The changeling felt crushed by the queen's massive body, but the changeling didn't mention its discomfort to its queen. Chrysalis examined the changeling underneath her before getting up and walking around, studying her newly found surroundings. She noticed that she and her changeling minions landed in a part of the Everfree Forest that seemed to have been left unexplored and untouched by civilization. The trees seemed to be a different color then the ones you would see when you first entered the forest; most of these trees were dead, old, and decayed. A horrid stench sat in the air, most likely from some form of decomposing matter, such as a dead animal or vegetation. Chrysalis turned her attention toward her changeling minions. She could tell they were hungry and weak, looking around for any energy they could find. She was feeling rather hungry and weak herself. However, this land was too dead and deserted to host any form of nourishment. That meant animals weren't present to provide love and other positive emotions for Chrysalis and her changelings to feed off of. Chrysalis cursed Shining Armor and that goodie-goodie Princess Cadence, who exiled her and her changelings to this ghastly place from Canterlot's castle. Thinking back, she should have just destroyed that brat then and there, rather than using the choice she had gone with - imprisoning the spoiled princess in the caves under Canterlot. She also thought that maybe she was being a little too rash when she revealed herself to that other brat, Twilight Sparkle. As these thoughts filled her mind, she noticed a changeling had come up to her, eyes full of despair and hunger. "Your-your highness?" the changeling asked, appearing perceptibly nervous. "What is it?" Chrysalis asked, annoyed. "Well, it's just that all of us are starving, and I think Bob's going a bit nutty over there. I've got a deep feeling he's going to eat one of us." Chrysalis shifted her view to the aforementioned changeling. She could see that Bob wore a bib, and he was standing over another changeling who had an apple in its mouth. Bob somehow accumulated a knife and a fork in each hand, and he was waiting for the time to strike. A psychotic smile dominated the features of his face. "I don't have time to deal with you, Jeff. Get out of here." Chrysalis said, after letting out a sigh, as she rubbed her head to ease the migraine that was now budding. "But-but.." the changeling stuttered. His retort was uttered too late; Chrysalis had walked away from the changelings, so that she could clear her head. Jeff decided to follow her. She had taken notice of this. She had told Jeff to bugger off once, and she didn't feel like telling him again. So she kept walking. Jeff still followed, but he was farther away to avoid detection. Chrysalis knew he was still following her. So she paused, and she waited until he caught up to her. Then, with what small power she could muster, Chrysalis discharged an iridescent, green blast from her horn. Jeff was reduced to mere ashes, getting lifted up and blown away in the fresh breeze that resulted from the aftermath of the blast. All of the other changelings halted what they were doing, gazing in fear at the action that their queen displayed. They became stationary; their eyes were fixed on Chrysalis, fearing their queen might redirect her wrath towards them. "Does anyone else wish to disobey me?!" She asked heatedly, some smoke rising up from her horn due to the freshly used magic. The changelings immediately stiffened; even more fear bristled down their spines. Their heads shook back and forth vigorously, indicating that they desperately did not wish to cause any further disobedience. Breaking free from their frozen state, they all backed away from their queen and hid in the surrounding bushes. Chrysalis glowered at them, disgusted with their cowardice. She then turned around and walked deeper into the forest. About an hour later - though, it felt like hours to the changeling queen -, Chrysalis, feeling even more weakened by the long walk, became aggravated by the lack of animals to feed from. She walked a bit farther, and she found herself outside a cottage, obscure masks displayed in various places around it. There was an odd creature outside of the cottage; she was pony-like in form, but Chrysalis could tell she wasn't of the sort. The creature was just sitting there, watching and conversing with this little filly who was playing around her. Chrysalis decided that it'd be best to avoid detection, at least for now, anyway. She was interested in the creature and the filly, not in a 'I-want-to-get-to-know-you-better' kind of way, but rather, in a 'I'd-like-to-consume-your-positive-feelings' kind of way. After all, she was hungry. She wagered that she might be able to absorb the love and happiness from the two beings before her. She got closer to the two, staying hidden within the shadows, bushes, and trees of the forest. The conversation the two held became clearer as she decreased the distance between herself and two of them. She wasn't particularly interested in the conversation, though. She was too busy planning out how she might go about consuming, in her weakened state, the platonic love they exhibited. So, she mostly tuned out the conversation, with snippets sneaking in, such as their names, Zecora and Applebloom. No, she didn't really pay attention to the conversation Zecora and Applebloom were having, until she overheard them talking about a certain farm pony, Applejack. Hearing that name threatened to succumb her to rage, but she kept her cool. Applejack was one of Chrysalis' bride's maids, along with Applejack's five other friends, when Chrysalis was masquerading as Cadence, so she could marry Shining armor and take over Canterlot. It was for her subjects, so that they could feed upon the positive emotions of the ponies who lived within. Applejack was also one of the ponies who tried to stop her. However, a particular sentence from the conversation broke Chrysalis out of her reminiscing. She discovered something interesting from that sentence. The filly present turned out to be Applejack's sister. Chrysalis decided to mentally note this interesting, new fact. However, she ultimately decided to avoid confrontation with the two. She was in no real state to fight, especially after all that walking, not to mention the magical blast she preformed earlier. If the filly had been by herself, Chrysalis could have still taken her, no contest, but she didn't know how this 'Zecora' would have fared in a fight. Chrysalis didn't want to take the risk. She needed to find a different creature's emotions to feed on. Most of the smaller animals in the forest wouldn't be of use to her, however, unless she found a massive amount of them gathered together, as they did not give off great emotions, like sentient beings did. The larger creatures of the Everfree Forest might be too much of a challenge for her in this weakened state of hers. Plus, they were likely to give off just as much emotion as the non-sentient, smaller creatures, but with more hassle, as they would probably be non-sentient, too. Chrysalis needed to find a weakened or young, sentient being, and the only one around, so far as she could tell, was hanging around a guardian of sorts. She let out a mental sigh of defeat and disappointment, as she treaded softly past them, ignoring the rest of what they were doing and saying. Sometime later, Chrysalis happened upon a very remarkable statue that stood in the middle of a clearing in the forest. It depicted a most peculiar creature. It had the head of a pony, body of lion, a lion's paw on its right arm, and an eagle claw on its left arm. Each of its wings were different, too. The right wing was that of a bat, and the left wing was that of a bird or possibly a pegasus. His tail was similar to a snake's tail, maybe even a smaller, dragon's tail, and the statue's pose was clearly in a frightened, defensive position. His eyes were full of shock, as if whatever was happening when he took that pose was so horrible, he couldn't even comprehend what was happening. Chrysalis couldn't help but wonder what the statue was doing here or how it even got here in the first place. She heard a rustling sound in the bushes. She turned around, and she saw a rather bizarre pony standing there, watching her. "What are you doing here?"
Meeting by the statueView OnlineA Daughter's loveMeeting by the statueA daughter's love Chapter 2: Meeting by the statue. Chrysalis looked behind her at the source of the voice. She saw the most peculiar pony standing there; Her eyes had a swirly look to them, she seemed to have a weird hat on, a beanie with something covering the propeller at the top, She thought that maybe it was just a wardrobe choice. The strange pony took a few steps towards her, she seemed to be in an offensive position, ready to strike. Chrysalis noticed her cutie mark was of a screw jammed inside a baseball. How odd. "I'll ask you again, 'what are you doing here?' " the strange pony asked through clenched teeth, snorting at her snout. "Well, I was just admiring this lovely statue here. It's remarkable. " Chrysalis said looking up at it more. The strange pony walked up to the statue and kissed it on the cheek. Chrysalis saw this and was curious as to why this pony would kiss this statue. The strange pony sat down and looked up at the statue, she started to cry. Chrysalis rolled her eyes, oh great. "Why are you crying? What's so special about this statue?" Chrysalis asked a little annoyed and curios at the same time. "This used to be my father. " the strange pony said through tears. Chrysalis looked at the pony then the statue, she couldn't believe what she just heard. how can this creature whose obviously made up of various animals be this kid's father? it made no sense. "You expect me to believe this creature is your father? How is that even possible?" Chrysalis asked. "Anything is possible when you're the spirit of chaos." "Did you say 'spirit of chaos'?". "Yes I did." she points at the statue with her hoof, "This is discord, spirit of disharmony and turmoil. He was defeated by the elements of harmony after having escaped from the stone prison he's currently in. " She stands up, looked at the statue, tears flowing more and more. She robbed her eyes with the back of her hoof. "You mean he was defeated by Twilight and her friends?" Chrysalis asked more interested about this then before. "Yes, they turned him into stone again." "Any way to release him?" Chrysalis asked with an evil smile. "There are two ways: one is if Twilight and her friends act opposite their element. For example; there's a unicorn pony called Rarity, she represents generosity, she gives but never takes. Then there's Rainbow Dash, whose super loyal to the princess and her friends, you get the idea." "And what about number 2? " "We wait until they die of old age." Chrysalis thought about it, it would probably take them forever to wait until the mane six would die off. The only other way to release this handsome creature of chaos would be to cause the mane to act opposite their elements. But how could she accomplish that? Those brats were tight. Their friendship was able to defeat night-mare moon and revert her back into Luna. "Do you have any idea how to cause them to act opposite their elements" Chrysalis asked Screw Ball "Well, daddy played tricks on all of them to make them doubt themselves. He created illusions to break their spirits and turn them against one another. " "Hmm, this won't be easy. Those six are the best of friends." Chrysalis said half talking to herself. "If only daddy could be freed another way....". "Wouldn't the best way to release him is to cause distrust among Twilight and her friends? There for making the bond with the elements weaken enough for him to be released?" Chrysalis said while walking around the statue. "He tried once but then Twilight managed to get everypony back to their original element." "Hmm, there has to be some way to cause the elements to break apart..." "There must be a way." Screw ball said to herself. end of chapter 2. (edit: I have NO IDEA how to release discord, any ideas?) (edit 2: I didn't expect people to love it but damn 3 dislikes?)
Controlled ChaosView OnlineA Daughter's loveControlled ChaosA daughter's love Chapter 3: Controlled Chaos. Chrysalis looked at Screwball prance around the statue of discord. A worried expression on her face. She was having trouble coming up with a good way to break the spirits of the main six and unleash Discord. As she looked at the statue before her, she tried to imagine exactly how powerful Discord was. What kind of personality did he possess? Was he cunning? resourceful? She didn't know but couldn't wait to find out. "Have you come up with a plan to break the elements of harmony's hold over your 'Daddy Discord'". Chrysalis said with a sour taste in her mouth. How that creature could have a pony daughter was beyond her. She wandered how much of a father he was to her. Certainly better than her father ever was.....her.....father....... Chrysalis thought back to when she was a young changeling living with her father in the castle in tuataras. Her father was never around for her and would shun his only daughter for other pursuits. Her mother wasn't in good shape to take care of her, so she pretty much grew up herself alone with no one to care about her. She may be a changeling and devour other's love but that didn't mean changelings can't show love to one another. When you show a changeling love it doesn't affect them, you don't steal their energy. Changelings are just like other creatures; they love, they cry, they show compassion when the opportunity arises. But her father never showed her any love, any compassion, all he showed her was his hatred of her, never a kind word, never a smile, never anything at all. Her father was ruthless; when he lost a battle he would come home and use her as a punching bag. Her father was also ruthless on the battle field. She had heard stories from the drones about his brutality, how he ripped a mother's arm off and told her children to eat it right in front of her then after the arm, eat her alive. That was brutal. Chrysalis remembered the look of the children as they ate the mother’s arm in front of her, through tears they were apologizing and saying they loved her. Chrysalis begged her father to let them stop doing it but he just pushed her aside and continued to look on the scene with glee and excitement. Her father started to laugh, Chrysalis looked on frightened. Suddenly, the ground beneath her melted away and she found herself in complete darkness. She started falling into the darkness as her father’s laugh haunted her all the way through. “WAKE UP!!!!” “Huh? What happened? “ Chrysalis asked confused. “You fell asleep, bug-lady! This is no time for sleeping! We must free my daddy from that statue!!” “Ok, ok, calm down. And just how do you suppose we do that, little one?”. Chrysalis said with a bored look in her eyes. “Hmm, do you know anypony we can use to get at the elements of harmony?” Screwball asked while she walked back and forth. “We need someone whose trusting of others, someone close to one of them, like a sister, or one of their friends……” Suddenly, Chrysalis thought back to when she saw Applebloom playing with that weird Zebra outside her (the Zebra’s) cottage. Applebloom was pretty trusting of new ponies so she could be easy to manipulate. “I know just the one we can use.” End of chapter 3
Apple Bloom's new friendView OnlineA Daughter's loveApple Bloom's new friendAuthor's notes: I hate this formating so i might just write the next chapter on here. “A daughter’s love” Chapter 4: “Apple Bloom’s new friend.” Chrysalis and Screwball found themselves spying on Zecora because Chrysalis thought Apple bloom; sister of Applejack, one of the elements of harmony and a simple farm girl might be easy to manipulate then the unicorn, or the flightless Pegasus. Apple Bloom seemed the least likely to get suspicious of Chrysalis. Frankly, she didn't think those three even saw her when she transformed in from of the wedding crowd, she could be wrong though as she was too focused on Cadance and Twilight Sparkle to care about her surrounds. She won't allow Apple bloom to see her anyways, Screwball was the one that would make friends with Apple bloom and cause a rift between Twilight and her friends, allowing this discord fellow to escape. Chrysalis saw Apple Bloom was outside Zecora’s hut playing with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. They were on another “cutie mark crusaders” mission to find their special talents and earn their cutie marks. This time they were trying to see if they were meant to be sorcerers like Zecora. They borrowed some potions from Zecora and a pot. The stuff Zecora was harmless; just a few potions for sore throats or to relieve pain. They couldn’t hurt them in anyway. Zecora watched from her hut as she was them arguing over which potion to pour first to get the desired recipe to work right from this old book Zecora gave them. Zecora couldn’t help but laugh at these three fillies and their never ending quest to get their cutie marks and grow up when they should be enjoying life as little fillies because these are years they’ll never get back. Apple Bloom threw in a few herbs while Sweetie Belle stirred the pot. Scootaloo blew on the fire to get it nice and warm; She also threw in a few more logs just to be sure that the fire was burning fine. “Hahaha, when this potion is done, we will finally have our cutie marks and be sorcerers as powerful was Star swirled the bearded! Cutie mark crusaders, ready to read the incantation?” “Yea, baby! This will rock, once we become sorcerers we can use our magic on Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon!” exclaimed Sweetie Belle as she jumped into the air only to fall on her flank. “Can we just get this over already? Rainbow Dash is supposed to perform the greatest trick ever seen by pony eyes and I want to be there when she does it.” Scootaloo said sounding impatient. "Ok, chicken-loo. We'll hurry up. ", Apple bloom said rolling her eyes. "Whose doing going to say the incantation? " Apple bloom asked. "You should do it since this was your idea, Apple bloom." said Sweetie belle. "Ok..... Azarath Metrion Zinthos. " Suddenly, a purple cloud came out of the caldron, it formed a bubble of some kind hovering there. In the middle of the bubble there was a silhouette of some kind beginning to take form. Apple Bloom expected it to be the result of the potion, which was to be a present for Applejack. Chrysalis saw this as a perfect opportunity to cause chaos among those three; she used her horn to shoot a very small burst of magic at the caldron, so small, no pony would be able to see it. Suddenly, the bubble burst, causing Apple Bloom, Scootallo, and Sweetie Belle to be covered in weird goo. "This is all your fault, Apple bloom!" screamed sweetie belle as she tried to shake the goo off of her fur. "How is it MY FAULT? " screamed Apple bloom. while trying to also shake the goo from her fur. "It just is!" screamed Sweetie belle. The two got into a classic cartoon fight, where you see various body parts appearing in a cloud while punches are heard. Zecora walked to them and calmly placed her hooves inside the cloud, suddenly, Apple bloom and Sweetie belle stopped ,fell to the ground in agony clutching their right hoof. "Little Fillies, stop acting silly. Fighting doesn't solve anything." Zecora rhymed. "But Zecora!" Sweetie belle said through pain. "No buts, little filly. No let us go inside and enjoy a cup of tea" Zecora said as she walked back into her hut. "I still think this is your fault, Apple Bloom!" Sweetie Belle screamed. Apple Bloom looked down sadly, she decided to go for a walk to clear her head. Meanwhile, Screw ball, and Chrysalis saw this as a great opportunity to get close to that simple farm pony. They followed her hidden in the bushes. Apple Bloom stopped by a lake and looked down in the water. She sat down looking at her own reflection in the water. "What's wrong with me? Why can't I do anything right? " She said through tears. Suddenly, Apple Bloom heard some bushes rustling. She looked scared as she walked away from the freighting noises. "Who-who's there?!" Apple Bloom asked through her fear. "Show yourself! I know karate!!" Apple Bloom did a few kicks and punches but fell down on the ground. The noise got louder and louder as a figure emerged from the bushes. The pony was still in shadow as it walked towards Apple Bloom. Apple Bloom walked away from the strange pony. Apple Bloom walked into a rock and had nowhere to go. Closing her eyes, Apple Bloom prepared for the worst as the shadowy figure kept coming. "HI!" Is all Apple Bloom heard. She opened her eyes to see a strange pony in front of her; she had a purplish coat, a swirled mane of purple and white, she had a beanie on her head and weird spirally eyes. She had a ball and a screw as her cutie mark. "Who are you?" Apple Bloom asked as she relaxed. "I've never seen you around before." "My name is Screw ball." the strange pony said while looking around the forest. "What are you doing here by yourself?" "My friends were being mean to me so I walked away to think things through." Apple Bloom said with her head down. "Aw, come on, it couldn't have been that bad." Screw ball said waving her hoof. "Yea right......" Apple Bloom sighed as she started to walk back to Zecora's hut. "Where are you going?" Screw ball asked. "I'm going back to my friends, they may be mean to me but they do care about me." "Can I come with?" Screw ball asked. "I guess, it's kind of a long walk back so ok. I could use the company." Apple Bloom said walking ahead. They walked for a few minutes in silence. Apple bloom sulking from depression, Screw ball not being sure of what to say to the frowning Earth pony. Screw ball had to keep her head focused on freeing her daddy discord from his prison and she couldn't let anypony stand in her way. "So, I didn't catch your name back there." Screw ball asked casually as they walked. "It's Apple bloom." "Apple bloom, pretty name." Screw ball said smiling. "I guess. Right now I don't feel much like talking if you don't mind." "Ok, Apple bloom. We'll just walk in silence." Screwball said. This plan to corrupt the elements of harmony through their loved ones better work.... Bug lady? is that you? screwball thought in her head. Who else could it be? answered Chrysalis. Daddy? Screwball said jokingly. Just make sure you tear those six apart. I'm interested to see what this "daddy" of yours can do. Chrysalis said via telepathy. You won't be sorry, bug lady! Screwball said excitedly inside her own head. *sigh* It's Queen Chrysalis....... Chrysalis said annoyed. "Ok....Chrysie" Screwball said jokingly. *sigh* "So how far till we get there?" asked Screwball as they were walking. "It's just over this bridge." Apple bloom pointed to the bridge in front of them. "Looks shaky." Screw ball said. The reason why the bridge looked shaky was because it was a wooden bridge tied with ropes, some of the planks were missing and the remaining boards didn't look strong enough to support a pony, let alone two ponies. Screwball could fly over to the other side but she didn't want to raise suspicions about herself. "So who goes first?" Asked Screwball. "Well, I guess we could both try to walk together." Apple Bloom said reluctantly. "Well, go ahead, I'll be right behind you." Screwball motioned for Apple Bloom to start walking. Apple bloom gulps as she looked down at the bottomless pit awaiting should she fall from the bridge. She looked scared but had to be brave because her big sister was always brave. Well, she wasn't so brave the first time Zecora came to ponyville, that's for sure, But she had been brave other times. She put her hoof forward and on the wooden plank. She heard it creak under her hoof. She tried the other hooves she was about to fall but she steadied herself, she took a few steps forward, looked satisfied then started to walks normally. As soon as she hit this one loose plank, she almost feel down but grabbed the plank just in time. Damn it, she's going to die if we don't help her! Chrysalis told Screwball in her head. I can't fly fast enough, you'll have to save her! Screwball screamed mentally. *sigh* If I must........ Apple Bloom tried to hold on as best as she could but it was hard suddenly, the last piece of the board broke and she found herself falling into the deep, dark abyss. Apple Bloom closed her eyes and tried to think of something wonderful to keep her mind off the inevitable death she was about to have. She remembered when she first tried to get her cutie mark selling apples, needless to say it didn't go over well, then she tried to get help from Rainbow Dash but that didn't go over too well, she then tried to make cupcakes with Pinkie Pie but that also ended badly. She wanted you get her cutie mark because of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon making fun of her for not having hers already. Diamond Tiara was having her Cutie Siniora because she [Diamond Tiara] had gotten her cutie mark. Apple Bloom tried to hide the fact that she still didn't have it. She tried to tie a table cloth around herself to hide her blank flank, when the cloth slipped off she got laughed at by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Suddenly, two other ponies - one a pegasus and another a unicorn came out from under the table screaming at Diamond Tiara what was wrong with "blank flanks". Everyone in Sugar Cube Corner tried to defend the three cutie markless ponies. After that, they became inseparable. They created their own secret society. All this poured into her mind in a faction of a second, suddenly, she felt something grab her mid fall. When she opened her eyes she was on the other side of the gap. "You ok, Apple Bloom?" Screwball shouted. "Yea, I'm fine........wasn't I just falling to my doom?" Apple Bloom asked confused. "You must of imagined it." Screwball gave a goofy smile as if she knew what happened. "How are you going to get across?" Asked Apple Bloom. "Like this - " Suddenly, Screwball disappeared from the other side. Apple Bloom looked around and could not find her. Suddenly, Screwball appeared on top of Apple Bloom's head. "Hello!" "Ahhhhhhhh" Apple Bloom screamed. "Haha, am I that scary?" Screwball asked jokingly. "How did you - I mean, when did you - huh?" Apple Bloom looked so confused. "How did I get across?" Screwball asked. Apple Bloom nods. "Secret." Screwball laughed. Apple Bloom looked at this strange pony standing in front of her and couldn't help but feel there was more than meets the eye with this pony. She didn't seem dangerous, she seemed nice. Her sister AJ though always warning her to be alert as nothing is what it seems and sometimes a wolf can hide in plain sight dressed as a sheep. She trusted Screwball for now, but something about her felt weird, chaotic. end part 4