Cadence opened her eyes and immediately registered that something had gone wrong. What she should be seeing, once the white light had faded, was a large resort with people coming and going. The smell of alcohol and fruity drinks should be wafting through her nose. The feeling of relaxation surrounding her.

Instead, she was standing in the middle of a dark forest. She could smell the lush trees as a breeze blew past her. Just a few feet away from her grew some glowing blue flowers that Cadence recognized as poison joke. Cadence took a large step back away from the flowers. They only grew in a certain forest so she instantly recognized where she was: the Everfree Forest.

Cadence did her best to stay calm as her brain began to process what this meant. She was now lost in one of the most unexplored woods in Equestria with no way of teleporting back. The trip back would be too long and she didn't know how far away she was from Ponyville. Most likely very far though, knowing her luck.

She didn't think to bring more chalk to attempt another circle, thinking she could just hop a few train rides home. Despite her talent of complex spells she wouldn't have the reserves to quickly teleport out of here. And if she tried, she could end up in a worse situation than she was in now only unable to move due to her drained energy supply. She was going to have to start walking and hope to find a tall enough tree to get her bearings.

Before she left, Cadence made sure to check her bag to see what she had to work with. It wasn't much, just a water bottle, two energy bars and a change of clothes. Everything else the resort was supposed to cover so she didn't think to bring anything else. Looking down at herself, she was at least glad to be wearing something decent for walking in the forest. She was wearing baggy jeans, a white t-shirt with a thick camo vest over it, and running shoes. Her hair was also tied in a pony-tail.

Taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly, Cadence adjusted her small backpack and began to walk forwards. It didn't take long for her to realize how deep in the forest she must have been. There were hardly any signs of creatures around her. The trees were tall but had high branches making climbing them currently out of the question. It was hard to tell what time of the day it was as the trees managed to block out most of the light above. After walking for an hour or so, she finally came upon an older looking tree that looked climbable.

Setting her bag on the ground, Cadence took a moment to size up the tree before finding her first branch to climb onto. Grabbing onto it, she quickly pulled up her body grabbed onto another branch. This process continued until she reached a spot passed the thick canvas of the trees.

Once the light hit her, it became quickly apparent to her how lost she was. The forest seemed to go on as far as the eye could see. Not even the mountain that held Canterlot could be seen and considering how large that mountain was, this worried Cadence more than anything. She had no way of knowing which way to go without a landmark. Just as she was feeling like giving up, a sound caught her ear. Cadence looked around her, trying to figure out where the sound came from.

It sounded like a splash.

Now that Cadence was looking more around her, she could just make out an opening line though the thick layer of trees. It had to be a stream or a small river. Remembering something Celestia told her when she was younger, she knew that stream was her best chance of finding her way out of here without getting lost. It had to lead out of here eventually and she could maybe get help from there. It was her best shot at survival.

Quickly memorizing her path, Cadence began working her way down. She got a little more than halfway down when the branch she was standing on gave way. Cadence tried to grab onto something but she was too late. Quickly she tried to cast a levitation spell on herself but for some reason, her magic wasn't working like it was supposed to. Sparks were all that flew from her hand as she braced herself.

Luckily one of the lower branches manged to break her fall. She felt the air get knocked out of her as she landed on it, stomach first. She tried desperately to grab onto something but she soon felt her body leave the branch, unable to cling to it. She expected to see the ground any moment but to her surprise it did not come.

Cadence blinked, wondering for a moment if her levitation spell suddenly worked. Looking up though, the answer was a bit easier than that. The right leg of her jeans managed to catch a half broken branch. She was now hanging upside-down just a few inches from the ground. Cadence let a sigh of relief. She knew she was going to have some bruises in a few places but a least she didn't break something.

Well, that may have been the wrong way to look at it though. Another second went by before her weight seemed to kick in and her jeans tore from the tree. Cadence landed hard though she manged to catch herself somewhat before she did so.

Cadence turned and stared up at the tree in front of her. "Something tells me this is the taste of how my time here is going to go."

Letting out an annoyed sigh, Cadence got to her feet and noticed a large hole in her jeans around the shin area.

"Great..." She said sarcastically.

Remembering she still needed to get to that stream, Cadence grabbed her bag and heading of towards where she thought the stream was. It didn't take long for her to hear the trickling of the stream as well as another splash. After going past some large trees, she broke from the darker part of the woods and into the light. The stream was large but slow moving.

Taking a moment, Cadence bent down and cupped some water in her hand, splashing it over her face. The water was cool and felt refreshing. Cadence was about to get up and start following it when something rose from the stream on the other side of her. Surprised, Cadence ran and hid behind a large tree.

Taking a peak back at what it was that rose out of the water, Cadence felt her body grow cold. Wading in the stream, her naked back to Cadence, was Chrysalis the ex-Changeling Queen. Or to be more exact, the last person Cadence wanted to run into alone in the Everfree.

"Why is she here?" Cadence whispered to herself. Cadence watched in both fascination and fear as Chrysalis rose from the stream, water dripping from her naked body. Her luscious breasts bounced a bit as she stepped onto shore. Cadence couldn't help but envy her immortal beauty. Had they met under different circumstances, Cadence would have been come down on her in a heartbeat.

Shaking the thoughts from her head, Cadence knew she needed to do something. If Chrysalis found her, it would be bad news for her. Without her magic, she would have no way to defend herself. Cadence turned and looked down at her hand, trying to build up some energy in her hands but nothing came. Not even a few sparks this time.

Thinking quickly Cadence decided she was going to have to make the first move, try and catch her off guard, maybe use her backpack to tie her up and run away as quickly as possible. It wasn't her best plan but it sure beat getting captured by Chrysalis.

Cadence watched Chrysalis carefully as she began to move down stream. Walking casually as she did so. Cadence did her best to follow her, dodging from tree to tree as she did so in order to not get spotted. She needed some way to quickly cross the stream and tackle Chrysalis but so far there wasn't any way to do so.

As Chrysalis walked, Cadence couldn't help but steal glances at her breasts and wonderful ass. The thought did go through her mind as to why she wasn't wearing any clothes but at the same time, Cadence couldn't really complain either. After a long while of walking, Cadence saw a tree that had fallen over the stream, this was her chance.

Just as Chrysalis was nearing the tree, she paused at looked right at Cadence's hiding spot. Cadence did her best to duck down, hoping she hadn't been seen. She needed to catch her off guard after all.

Cadence felt her heart stop though when Chrysalis spoke, "I know you are there. I've spent decades learning the art of stealth. You my dear, know very little."

Cadence let out the breath she realized she was holding and boldly stepped out from behind the large tree.

Chrysalis grinned, "Ah Cadence, it has been too long. How is Shining Armor holding up?"

"He's fine," she said flatly, "No thanks to you."

Chrysalis held up her hands, "I meant no disrespect princess, the love your husband had could have fed me and several from my hive for months. It couldn't help but admire his love for you."

"Well thanks, " she said without emotion, "He's been overly cautious ever since that day."

"And what a day it was." Chrysalis crossed her arms and looked at Cadence with a slightly annoyed look, "Ever since that day, your life has only gone up hill. Getting a castle, a next of kin and a loving husband. Meanwhile, I've gone so far down hill I've hit rock bottom and kept going."

Cadence took a step forward, her foot now on the fallen tree, "You did it to yourself, Chrysalis. You wanted to take over, you wanted to keep us in those pods and feed on us forever, and despite everything, I can only imagine you still want revenge."

Chrysalis frowned, "Hit the nail right on the head, princess."

Cadence took lifted her foot and began to balance on the fallen tree, staggering but taking a few steps forward. After regaining her footing, Cadence pointed at Chrysalis. "You had a chance at redemption but you threw it away, all for petty revenge."

Chrysalis growled, "You call that chance for redemption? It was a pity act at best. I have only done what I thought was best for my hive, and what do they do?"

Chrysalis let her arms fall to her sides as she gritted her teeth and stared angerly at Cadence. "They betrayed me. Cast me out from my own kingdom I built. Everything I did, everything I sacrificed,"

Chrysalis turned away from Cadence, gazing instead at the ground, "Happiness, love..."

Chrysalis was about to continue when Cadence suddenly leaped from the log, now much closer to Chrysalis. She landed right in front of her. Chrysalis took step back in surprised and Cadence took that as her chance. She jumped forward, shoving her whole body against Chrysalis.

Both fell back into the woods and soon both were now tumbling down a large hill. Cadence felt her body split from Chrysalis as both tumbled down. Cadence did her best to protect herself as she suddenly came to a dead stop, a large bush had stopped her. Unfortunately, it was a rose bush.

Cadence realized she could barely move as her clothes became trapped in the thorns. Quickly spinning her head around, she caught sight of Chrysalis who didn't fare any better from the fall. She seemed to have crashed through some vines and was now tangled up in them. Her legs and arms were tightly wound as she began thrashing about, trying to get loose.

After a few minutes of unsuccessful escape attempts, she went still. She managed to slowly worm her way over to a nearby tree, leaning her body against it so that she would stare at Cadence. Both gave each other a death glare, realizing that they were both completely trapped.

"So was this your plan? Tackle me and hope for the best?"

Cadence didn't want to answer but a small, "Yes," still escaped her lips.

"I'd clap if I could move my hands."

"Oh shut-up," Cadence groaned in annoyance, "I can't use my magic for some reason and I didn't want to take my chances against yours, OK."

Chrysalis was silent for moment before a letting out a small laugh, "Heh, wouldn't have mattered anyways. These forests won't let me use my magic either."

Cadence stared back in shock, "I don't think I have ever heard of the Everfree making it impossible to use magic before."

Chrysalis nodded, "I haven't either, in fact, I used some magic just on the edge of these very woods. It must have something to do with the particular area we are in."

Cadence nodded, "I suppose there is very little we know about these woods. If Twilight were here, she'd be testing each tree to figure out why magic doesn't work here. Each leaf would become her test subject. Even the ground would be closely studied."

Cadence chuckled to herself, "If she were here, she's certainly be doing better than I am now."

Chrysalis rolled her eyes, "Don't sell yourself too short, unlike Twilight, I actually have some decent respect for you."

Cadence stared back, unable to answer. Her jaw hanging wide open. Chrysalis smiled at the response, "Yes. I know it sounds crazy to hear but it feels like its been an easy road for her these past few years now. She has been given everything she needed to succeed. She has sacrificed nothing. Therefore, she has learned nothing."

Cadence finally regained her voice, "But for me... I've had to endure lots. From being kidnapped, replaced and still carried on with a wedding the same day. I was thrust into an empire without a choice yet I still took control and I have been working to keep everyone safe despite the dangers."

Chrysalis smiled, "I wasn't joking when I said I respected you. I have no real qualms with you. Had you manged to retake Canterlot on your own, I may have lost any sense for revenge. Even I can tell when I have lost to a worthy opponent."
Cadence stared back, unsure of what to say.
Chrysalis continued, "I wanted to take Canterlot because I knew it would feed my changelings for years. We were starving and I didn't think Celestia would show mercy to a bunch of Changelings. Was I wrong to think you ponies would accept us?"
Cadence didn't answer, she didn't need to. At the end of the day, ponies weren't very good about accepting those that weren't their own kind.

Chrysalis looked away for a moment, "Anyways, Twilight could use a good loss. She may have grown as a teacher, but she has a lot to learn when it comes to the sacrifices of a leader."

Chrysalis shifted her weight a bit, the vines tightly wrapped around her clearly making her uncomfortable. "I want to show her the horror of losing. To take a step in my shoes and know what it is like to lose everything. Just imagining someone feeling anything close to how I feel, is enough to bring joy back into my life. Even just for the briefest of moments."

Cadence stared at the Changeling Queen as her words began to really sink in. She couldn't believe it. After all these years, she thought she would be filled with rage or disgust upon meeting Chrysalis again. Instead, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Sure her actions were unforgivable. But that didn't mean that she could be so cold hearted to someone who had actually been through so much. She may have done it for all the wrong reasons yet in her own way, she thought she was doing what was right. And in the end, she was right about a few things.

Maybe Chrysalis didn't deserve this. Even though she knew it was crazy and probably very stupid, she knew now what she needed to do.

"Chrysalis, after everything you have told me, I can think of only one thing to do."

Chrysalis watched in amazement as Cadence began to escape from the clutches of the bush.

Cadence felt her body cry out in protest as the thorns clung to her clothing, cutting into her in some areas. She could feel her jeans breaking at the seems, her shirt tearing itself away from her and her vest broke from her upper body. As she started to stand up, her vest was torn from her completely, her shirt opened up from the right side of her shoulder as her right breast bounced out. What a day to decide to go commando, she thought.

Cadence's jeans fell from her hips as she stood up. There was nothing left that could allow them to hold onto her. Cadence took a step forward and felt her sock sink into the dirt. Somehow she had lost her left shoe in the tumble. She went to take another step and found that her other shoe had a become lodged in the bush. After a few hard pulls, she realized it was a lost cause and slipped out of it. Her right sock was full of holes. Cadence shivered a bit as cool breeze went by, her lower body mostly exposed. Taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly, she started walking over to Chrysalis.

Chrysalis wondered if she was coming over to finish her off. At least she would be dying to the sight of a half naked love goddess. Chrysalis smiled, waiting for the killing blow. To her surprise though, it didn't come. Chrysalis opened her eyes and found Cadence staring at her just a few inches away from her face.

"Aren't you going to kill me?"

Cadence smiled, "No... Instead, I'm going to give you something you may have always wanted, but never truly experienced."

Chrysalis stared back in confusion, "And what would that be?"

Cadence leaned in a pressed her lips up to Chrysalis, she deeply kissed Chrysalis with a passion Chrysalis had never seen or felt before. She found herself accepting the kiss. Feeling the edge of Cadence's tongue poke her's but not battling against it. She held that kiss for a solid minute before breaking away.

"Love," she answered, "Not the love you steal but the pure passionate love that can only be given by someone who knows how to truly give it." Cadence reached behind Chrysalis and began to untangle the mess that was holding Chrysalis. The Changeling Queen watched in amazement as Cadence hummed to herself and quickly undid her bonds. Her breasts would sometimes grind against Chrysalis' causing her to softy moan from time to time. Cadence continued to hum a soft tune but faltered on a note as each pass. Once she was free to move though, she found herself unable to move a muscle. Only lean against the tree as she stared back at Cadence in awe and confusion.

"What happens now?"

Cadence licked her finger before sticking it between Chrysalis' breasts. She slowly moved it downwards, softly touching her skin as she moved across her stomach and stopping just at her crotch. Cadence leaned forward and blew some air directly at her slightly moist flower. She then brought her head up until she was just inches away from Chrysalis' face again.

"You have spent your whole life taking love. Today I am going to show you how if feels to be given it freely."

Cadence leaned in and Chrysalis felt her body go numb as she felt Cadence grace her lips once again.

Never before had Chrysalis felt something like this, normally she could just rolled with the sex, ready to receive the love given. But this time it felt different. It tasted better than anything she had sampled before. Chrysalis brought a hand up to Cadence's exposed breast and gave it an experimental squeeze. A soft moan was heard as Cadence broke from the kiss. Smiling at Chrysalis, she moved to her neck and began to nip at the skin. Her soft bites followed up by quick licks caused a shiver of pleasure to shook across the side of Chrysalis' neck.
Chrysalis didn't know what to do, being assaulted by her love, it was like having sex for the first time all over again.

Going off of instinct, Chrysalis' hands traveled down to Cadence's soft ass. She squeezed them in a tight grip as Cadence began to move farther down her body. Once she made it to Chrysalis breast, Chrysalis could only coo as Cadence began to lick around her nipples. She was slow and methodical, taking her time and occasionally nipping the tips to keep Chrysalis on her toes.

The scent of sex began to fill the air as Chrysalis grew wet from the pleasure Cadence was giving her. Looking down, the princess of love could see how wet she was making her. She took a finger and quickly ran it along the sides of her moist flower. She then brought up her finger to her own moist neither lips. Running it in circles, she teased her own body causing her let out her own moan of approval. Chrysalis couldn't help but stare at the hot goddess in front of her.

"I think its time I showed you what we can do when one is willing to not only give love, but share it as well."

Cadence put on hand on Chrysalis' while silently motioning her to let go. Chrysalis did so, wanting to see what she had in mind. Cadence lifted Chrysalis' left leg up and slid her own leg under her. She scooted up as close as she could until their breasts bounced against each over. Their soaking wet sex just inches apart.

"Now let me hear your love as it mixes with mine."

Cadence leaned forward and began to grind herself against Chrysalis' neither lips. Chrysalis grinned and began to grind her own body against Cadence's. As soon as they touched, electric shocks of pleasure was sent through their bodies.

"Oh, that's it. Grind against me, Chrysi."

Chrysalis couldn't help but snicker at the nick name but admitably like it. "Only if I get to hear you moan some more."

Both of them began to sweat as Cadence began to grind deeply in Chrysalis, her breasts rubbing up and down against her body.

"Ohhhh."

"Now that's what I want to hear. Your moan is like music to my ears..."

Chrysalis pulled Cadence close to her as she began to work against her body even harder.

"Feels good," Chrysalis admitted, "But I don't think we will be able to cum like this."

Cadence continued to grind against her, pushing and pulling as she spoke, "You are right, luckily I have just the thing."

Nearby Cadence could see her backpack laying on the ground. She reached out, just barely able to grab it without leaving Chrysalis. She leaned back for a moment as she fished through her bag. She found her spare clothes and took out her shirt. It appeared to be wrapped around something. She dropped her bag off to the side and held out the shirt in front of her. Cadence unwrapped it and produced a double ended dildo.

"That will work."

Cadence scooted back a foot and placed one of on the dildo in her entrance. Without a word, she shoved half of it into her. Cadence let out a loud grunt but manged to angle herself as she did so.

"Ready?"

Chrysalis grinned, "Ready."

Chrysalis felt Cadence move forward and the dildo entered into her quickly. She was used to taking in big rods but still this still somehow felt different. It felt better than ever before.

"AHH"

Chrysalis knew what she needed to do now, she wrapped her arms around Cadence and began to push and pull against her. Cadence grunted with each push but also pushed against her, trying to get the dildo as deep as possible.

"Oh... YES!"

Cadence grinned as Chrysalis started to get into it. Her hips moved on their own as she felt her entrance being filled. Her breasts were rubbing against Cadence's again and she felt so good. She didn't want to stop as she pounded Cadence for all she was worth.

"Ohhhh Chrysi..."

Cadence locked eyes with Chrysalis, "So-oh goddess-is this anything like-oh-you've felt before?"

Chrysalis shook her head, "N-OH-O... It's different... Ah... But better."

"This is wha-AH true love FEELS like. Ohhh."

"Hu-ah... I can't believe I never fou-OUH-nd something like this till NOHHHH."

"I guh-guess, it just took the OH-YES right person to shOH you what it means."

Chrysalis could feel her climax coming but she wanted to keep going for as long as possible. Back and forth, the two were one, each bringing each other closer and closer to the fantastic end.

Just as she was about to cum, Chrysalis leaned forward and kissed Cadence deeply, Cadence wasn't expecting it but accepted it. Then the buildup came to a head and Chrysalis broke from the kiss. She leaned back and yelled out as her orgasm hit her like a title-wave. "OOOOHHHHH..."

Cadence simply let out a soft, long moan as her juiced leaked out past the dildo and onto the ground.

Both now feeling tired, Cadence removed the dildo with a pop and laid down on the hard ground. Chrysalis joined her and together, they cuddled against each other in the soft grass. No longer feeling alone, Chrysalis was now having to deal with feelings she had never felt before. She felt a bit of panic due to her unsure nature towards this. But at the same time, Cadence felt so warm and love continued to radiate off of her. It soon calmed her body and mind.

With not much else to do for now, Chrysalis wormed her way deeper into Cadence's embrace. Sleep came quickly for both of them but now the forest had changed for Chrysalis in some way, she just wasn't sure exactly how yet.

Author's Note

Whew, I think that might be up there as one of the longest chapters I have ever written. Hope you enjoyed. We have a lot more adventure for these two as Chrysalis will try to learn more about true love and maybe have some fun along the way. Let me know what you think of the story so far in the comments. I would love hear your feedback.