Black Knight

Flurry awoke feeling a sharp pain all over her body. She regretting moaning, as it made her very aware of her migraine. Her bed felt awful, normally she felt the mattress was always a little too soft, but it was as if somepony just dumped her on the ground and left her there overnight. She groaned in misery and tried to roll over, only to feel something jab her in her side.

"Come on, wake up!" The deep voice commanded.

"I'm awake..." Flurry whimpered.

Over the course of ten agonizing seconds, Flurry slowly rolled over onto her hooves, and slowly pushed herself up. Trying to blink the sleep out of her eyes, she saw she was in a cave, with...

"Chrysalis!" Flurry growled.

"Flurry!" She growled back.

"Chrysalis!"

"Flurry!"

"CHRYSALIS!!"

"FLUR-"

"Ow ow ow stop! Please stop, my head..." Flurry cradled her forehead in her hooves, trying to will the pain away.

"So, I would say I owe you an apology, but I could spit in your face right now and you wouldn't be able to do anything about it."

Chrysalis spat in Flurry's face.

"Ah!" Flurry recoiled.

"Case in point." Chrysalis wore a smug grin. "So I've been thinking."

"I will end you!" Flurry struggled to take a step forward.

"Your level of focus and drive is impressive enough that you are a legitimate threat. So I decided to kill you."

"Well thank you for waiting until I was awake to tell me that!" Flurry fell onto her side.

"Can I say one thing without you giving me a snarky response? I'm trying to talk to you here." Chrysalis rolled her eyes.

"You just told me you're going to kill me!"

"Yes, I know, shut up and listen."

Much to Chrysalis' surprise, Flurry quietly sat there and glared at her.

"Well," Chrysalis nodded in approval, "you do happen to have some manners."

"Unlike you."

"Nevermind."

"You trotted into that one."

Chrysalis sighed.

"Listen child, I decided over the course of the last few days to spare your life."

"Last few days? How long have I been asleep?"

"About a week," Chrysalis shrugged, "You were far more useful asleep than awake, all I had to do was hold you and you would snuggle into my chest and give me all the love I wanted."

"Ugh..." Flurry shuddered in disgust.

"Taking care of you was quite similar to my pets actually. Feed you three times a day, make sure you had water, occasionally hold and stroke you. Did anyling ever tell you you'd make a good dog-"

"Could you please get to the point?" Flurry growled.

"Well puppy-"

"My name is Flurry."

"And now it's Puppy. I decided to keep you."

The two stared at each other in silence.

"You're going to keep me?" Flurry said through gritted teeth.

"Yes, you've proven to be quite the entertaining servant! I like how much you hate everything."

"I don't hate everything, I hate you."

"I am your everything now, tomato tomah-to." Chrysalis lazily waved a hoof.

"There is no way I am ever going to serve you."

"That's what they all say."

"I am planning to kill you!" Flurry weakly raised a hoof and hit it against the ground.

"Alright then, do it." Chrysalis grinned.

"...What?"

"Do it."

Flurry painfully tried to rise back up, only to collapse again. After reattempting this three times, she howled in frustration.

"Well then Puppy," Chrysalis levitated Flurry into her back, "We're off to Vanhoover!"

"No! I need to get back to the Crystal Empire!" Flurry whined.

"Take it from me Puppy, I visited the Crystal Empire once, the place is rather boring."

"Take it from me demon," Flurry spat, "I lived in the Crystal Empire my whole life, the place is rather..."

Boring.

"You okay back there?" Chrysalis asked.

"What do you care?" Flurry shook the thought away.

"You're my food and entertainment."

"And you're a piece of shi-"

The two stopped as they heard a growl from far away.

"As that's our cue to leave." Chrysalis growled.

Chrysalis quietly made her way out of the cave with Flurry on her back. After traveling through the woods for a small while, she felt some something jab her in the neck. Looking back, Flurry was trying to stab her with a broken knife.

"I see you found your knife. You should be thankful, I took the time to dig that out of the Ursa Major for you."

"Why?" Flurry growled.

"I was bored, you took too long to wake up. Next time you faint, don't go into a coma."

"Suck my-"

"You're stabbing at the wrong location," Chrysalis cut her off, "the fragile spot on changeling necks are right here."

Chrysalis highlighted a spot on her neck with her magic.

"Oh, this takes me back..." Chrysalis chuckled. "I use to try and kill my mother all the time, and every time, she'd just laugh and point out all the mistakes..."

Chrysalis stopped with a sense of growing horror.

"Oh maker... I've become my mother."

Flurry whimpered and pocketed her knife. Short of dying, it seemed she was stuck with Chrysalis.