I woke to see Chrysalis’s hooves around me. I smiled at the changeling mare beside me, I carefully extracted myself from her hooves, she looked much better than she did last night, the holes in her hooves and mane had shrunk considerably. Her body was no longer cracked but smooth like polished obsidian.

I quickly trotted out and opened her fridge I noticed a few eggs, some flour and butter, I entered the modest kitchen, I grabbed a worn apron. I decided to make pancakes for the two of us, after 1 hour in the kitchen I heard a groggy voice “That smells good.”

I said “I thought I’d make something for us to eat.”

Chrysalis said “You know I don’t need to eat food, right.”

I smiled “Trust me you’ll enjoy this.” I finished up the pancakes and put them on the table. I grabbed a fork in my hoof and began cutting as I watched her levitate her knife as she cut the pancakes. I stared intently as she put the first piece in her mouth.

She gasped “Wow, how did you do that, I could taste the love in the pancakes.”

I smiled “It’s an old family recipe, from centuries ago and the main ingredient was to cook with love in your heart.”

Chrysalis said “Well, thanks I feel like a queen in a palace with how well you've been treating me.”

I said “You saved my life, changeling or no you have my thanks.” Chrysalis was about to say something when a cat barged through the door.

I grabbed my sword and asked “Who are you?”

Chrysalis asked “Capper, why are you here?”

I asked “You know this rude cat.”

Capper said “Hey.”

I ignored his complaints as Chrysalis sighed “In exchange for keeping his debtors off him until he can pay them back he makes sure I have enough funds to keep myself well cared for.”

I watched as a Mole Rat with 2 large sharks behind him. Capper hiding behind us said “Verko, we can work this out.”

He said “No, we can’t Capper you owe me money and I demand you to pay up.”

I snarled “You three leave before things get nasty.”

Verko looked at me and Chrysalis who I noticed had grabbed her scythe while the exchange went on, he said “You get out of my way and there will be no trouble.”

I shouted “No, you will leave before I make you.”

Verko said “Get them.” I slammed one bodyguard with my left hoof before cutting the other’s hand off with my sword.”

I said “Get out of here, and take you friends with you.” They scrambled out of the building as fast as they could.

Chrysalis shouted angrily “Capper, why did you run in here?”

Capper said meekly “Because I, uh needed help.”

I said calmly “Look, you need to get that debt of yours under control.”

Chrysalis said “He never will, he’s a chronic gambler.”

I told him “Capper you better leave before they come back.” He nodded as he left in a semi-dignifed manner.

Chrysalis asked me after our uninvited house guest left “What would you like to do today?”

I said “Well, I would like to scout some of the changelings who kidnapped me and discover what they are up too.”

Chrysalis winced as she spoke “I’m not keen, they want me dead.”

I said sternly “Well, I gotta do this.”

Chrysalis sighed “I’ll come, I haven’t a friend before and I’m not going let my first friend wander into danger.” I gave her a big hug, I noticed the blush on her cheeks.

I asked “Is there anywhere secret in this place?”

She replied “We have a basement.”

I said “Good, we need to get some maps of Equestria and use them to chart Changeling movements as we investigate.”

Chrysalis said “I brought a few maps from my hive in case I needed to find a place to mooch some love from other couples, it is hard to get love around here, before you got here I barely survived on the sorrow and misery but it made me really sick.”

I said “I’m sorry about that.”

Chrysalis smiled “It’s not your fault, anyway we should get started. Where do you think we should look.”

I said “Manehatten, it was where I was captured.”

Chrysalis replied “That’s a 3 month journey by hoof, I will need to make preparations for this trip, we will need a good deal of food, water and drinking supplies.”

I said “That’s good, we will at the first light of Celestia’s sun.” Chrysalis shivered at my statement. I asked “Are you okay?”

Chrysalis sighed “I’m sorry, just after all I’ve done, I am worried at the mention of her name she will turn up and turn me to ash.”

I said “She will have to get through me first, I have fought things worse than her.”

Chrysalis asked intrigued “What creatures/”

I replied “Tatzlwurms, Ancient dragons, Dragon zombies, a Festering Fowl.”

Chrysalis gasped “A Festering Fowl, when how? Those creatures are older than Discord and at ten times as powerful, my mother told me those tale when I was a mere nymph. I thought Celestia wiped them out.”

I said “Not all of them, they still exist just they rarely get close to civilisation. Horrid things they are, a chicken’s head, the body of a Wendigo, the claws of a Dragon, the tentacles of a giant squid and they smell like rotting flesh, they bring famine and death wherever they go.”

Chrysalis asked “How do you know so much?”

I smiled “Bard’s Guilds have access to information that even Celestia and Luna don’t. It is very top secret and only revealed to those on a mission to destroy such things, you however already know so I can speak to you about it.”

Chrysalis said “Well, that’s interesting. I really need to to prepare for the trip, you should rest. We have got a long day tomorrow, you better sleep.”

I asked “Are you sure you want to do all the preparations?”

Chrysalis said “I can go for day with out sleep, I’ll be fine.” I was still concerned the lack of sleep is the least of our worries. How long could she go without the lack of clean water.

Author's Note

I hope it isn't too rushed