Phoenix

The two women shifted in their seats as they watched the figure pacing relentlessly in front of them, the rug under her feet most likely forever marked by the furious strides of the girl.

“I don’t know what to say.” Twilight Sparkle said as she turned on her heel to look at the two women, her appearance haphazard and erratic. “Not only has she been staying with the Sirens of all ponies, but you two have been unable to resolve the very situation that led to her being almost killed!”

“I still don’t know how we can explain it any better.” Principal Celestia said softly. “Cyberbullying is a rather new issue for our world, and we have no way to legally find the culprit behind the attacks.”

“At the very least, we have managed to work with MyStable and the local authorities to freeze the posting of the account and find out that the instigator is a resident of the city.” Vice Principal Luna added, giving a short nod to her sister.

“Then what about illegally?” Twilight frowned as she looked at the two Gaian representations of some of her closest friends. “And don’t give me those looks, I want this Anon-A-Miss found and brought to justice!”

“Well then maybe I can help.” came an unmistakably familiar voice as the door to the room opened, Twilight spinning around in horror as she watched the woman enter the room.

“Chrysalis.” Twilight growled as she watched the black sinned woman enter the room, exuding confidence as she flipped her long mane of teal hair.

“Do I know you, dearie?” the woman asked, tilting her head as she looked down at the young girl.

“Ah, Chryssi.” Celestia smiled warmly as she got up and walked over to the woman, her hand reaching out to grasp and shake Chrysalis’. “So good of you to come.”

“I would never pass up a chance to see you, lover.” Chrysalis put extra emphasis on the end of the sentence as she pulled Celestia into a tight embrace, growling happily.

“By Celestia above tell me this isn’t true!” Twilight groaned as she felt her brain start to melt as it tried to comprehend what was occuring. “Princess Celestia and Queen Chrysalis are lovers in this world!?”

“What is up with her?” Chrysalis whispered as she separated from Celestia, but not before delivering a kiss on the pale woman’s cheek.

“Ah, right.” Celestia struggled to stop her blush from spreading as she turned around to look at Twilight. “Chryssi, what do you know about Twilight Sparkle?”

“Top rated student in the hemisphere as far as knowledge is concerned, she’s been scouted by every damn institute, academy, university as well as the government.” Chrysalis started rolling off the information with surprising ease. “Now that I mention it, this girl does look like Twilight, doesn’t she? Must be wearing contacts instead of glasses.”

“You are right in a sense, Chrysalis.” Luna said as she stepped up to stand beside Twilight, resting an arm on the girls back. “This is indeed Twilight Sparkle, but she is not our world’s Twilight Sparkle.”

“Say again, Luly?” Chrysalis started to laugh after Luna finished her explanation. “Another world? Alright, where’re the cameras? You gotta be pranking me!”

“If only we were.” Celestia said as she nudge the taller woman. “You remember how you came to me near the start of the school year?”

“Yeah, that crazy lightshow you guys had made all of our sensors go crazy.” Chrysalis nodded as she wiped away the last of the tears from her eyes. “Yeah, I remember that.”

“Well this Twilight here is one of the reasons for it.”

“Yeah, and I’m a half horse half bug thing that subsists off of love. Come on, Celly, you’ve never been good at pranks.” Chrysalis roughly pulled Celestia around beside her, laughing heartily once more.

“Wh-aat i-i-if…” Celestia pulled away from Chrysalis and straightened her hair before continuing. “What if we showed you proof?”

“Of course.” Luna clapped her hands as she turned to look at Twilight. “Would you be able to give Chrysalis a brief demonstration?”

“Um, maybe, but can we trust her?” Twilight glanced at Chrysalis, unease and distrust evident.

“Trust me? Girl, I know things that the Prime Minister themself has to ask to know about!” Chrysalis started to laugh at her boast.

“What she means is you can trust her.” Celestia interjected, nodding slightly.

“Okay, well… Just give me a second here. Gaia is more or less barren when compared to Equestria in regards to magic.” Twilight said as she closed her eyes, a look of concentration forming on her face.

“Okay, seriously, you three can stop now.” Chrysalis said, rolling her eyes dramatically. The other two women remained silent as they carefully watched Twilight, the girl’s eyes moving around rapidly beneath her eyelids.

“Would it be possible to do this closer to the portal?” she asked once she opened her eyes again, looking between Celestia and Luna. “It would allow me to syphon some magic from Equestria without going into my very limited reserves that this body can handle.”

“We think it best if we remained here, Twilight.” Luna said, Celestia nodding in agreement before adding on.

“What can you manage in here without risk to yourself?”

“Oh, I can do quite a bit still. I am the Element of Magic after all.” the girl puffed her chest out in pride at the statement, before starting to look around sheepishly. “Er, what do you recommend?”

“Why don’t we ask Chrysalis?” Celestia said, turning to the woman.

“Of course. That way she cannot say that we set this up.” Luna nodded as she looked at the woman beside her sister. “What would you like Twilight here to do?”

“Seriously?” Chrysalis grinned in disbelief as all eyes turned on her. “Fine, why don’t you… Ah! Why don’t you levitate Celestia’s desk then?”

Twilight nodded as a cocky grin spread across Chrysalis’ face, before turning and looking st the table. She took a deep breath, centreing herself as she tentatively reached inside herself for her magic, coaxing it into being. A loud gasp of shock came from Chrysalis’ mouth when Twilight suddenly sprouted wings and what looked like horse ears, her long hair lengthening into a ponytail as a light reddish glow enveloped the desk, causing it to start to float up towards the ceiling.

“What next?” she asked as she turned back to look at Chrysalis, a smirk starting to build on her face. “Oh! Why don’t I show you just how true that comment of yours earlier was true. You know, the whole big horse thing?”

A line appeared in between the two pairs of females, before it separated into a box like shape. Suddenly it started to flicker, like a television screen near a magnet, and an image blossomed to life. It was a tall, horse like creature covered with a shiny, black, chitinous like carapace with holes boring through at random in the limbs and horn. Its long mane and tail of teal and luminescent green eyes instantly recognizable by all present.

“Well… I take it all back then.” Chrysalis said, her face changing emotions rapidly as she looked around at everyone.

“If it’s alright, I’d like to stop now.” Twilight asked as she felt a bead of sweat start to form, receiving nods from the other women in response. “Good, than you.”

“Okay, so, worldview shattered, understanding of reality tossed out. What's next?” Chrysalis asked as she looked at her two friends, each of them wearing the same knowing smile.

“Just keep it a secret.” Twilight said as she finished putting the table down, the screen from before having already been snuffed out. “I don’t want to have to explain to Princess Celestia why my castle is suddenly home to all sorts of ponies that don’t know how to walk, fly, or use their magic.”

“No one would believe me anyways.” the woman chuckled as she turned towards Celestia. “So the other you is a Princess, huh? That’s cool, I guess, but its gotta make you feel inferior.”

“Well you are actually the queen of an entire species, Chrysalis.” Twilight piped up. “Though you are one of the greatest villains in the world to be honest, so there’s that.”

“I can relate to that. I love having all my minions beneath me do my work for me.” Chrysalis chuckled. “Now, if we can take a break from destroying my understanding of everything, I did have a reason to meet with Celestia and Luna.”

“Right, you said you may be able to help with something illegal.” Twilight nodded.

“Perhaps. What sort of deed are we looking at?” the woman leaned back against the door, looking around the room.

“Anon-A-Miss. I want whoever is behind it to be found.” Twilight’s expression shifted to one of steely determination as she watched the woman. “I want them found and brought to justice. I may never be able to find and punish whoever it was that attacked Sunset, but I can find the person that created the initial problem that led to it.”

“MyStable and the CCPD have froze the account in question and have tracked the IP’s to Canterlot,” Celestia explained, turning towards Chrysalis. “But they are unable to go any further due to legislation and lack thereof.”

“They could also only track the most recent posts’ IP.” Luna added.

“Hmmm… shouldn’t be too hard. At the very least it’ll be something to fiddle with. Alright, I’ll do it.” Chrysalis leaned forward, away from the door as a predatory smirk quite familiar to Twilight started to cross her face. “I’ll get my things.”