(Twenty minutes later: Cross’ P.O.V.)

“AAAAAGH!” I shriek, trying hard to tug off the chain. “Get this stupid collar off me!”

Chrysalis laughs loudly. “You make an excellent jester! So useful, little pest.”

“I have a name, you know.”

“Why would I care? You’re just a tool I use to take over the world. I could care less. Besides, I know your name.”

I grunt and sit up the best I can, keeping as much weight as I can off my shattered legs.

“S-since we’re sitting here, why do you want to take over the world?”

She looks down at me and leans in very close, making me reel back a little. But I don’t move otherwise.

“You talk too much.”

“Wh-I talk too much?! You literally lost lst time because you spent the whole time talking!”

“You know nothing about me!”

“I know plenty. I know you force your power over others because you have an inferiority complex. You love being the center of attention, and you probably had an unhappy childhood because you wanted to do something else with your life, but were forced to do this bullshit. Am I close?”

She stares at me in complete shock.

“N-no one’s ever talked to me that way….How can you be so fearless? I could kill you at any moment if I wanted, and yet you do nothing to show fear.”

“I used to deal with assholes back in my world, and they were all like you. They had so many problems at home that they became assholes. So I called them out on it. You’re no different from them. I think that you’re good somewhere in there, but you hide it under all of your pain and sadness.”

She stays silent.

“Look, you may have raped me and broke both of my legs, but I know deep down that you didn’t want to. Everything you do is for your subjects here. So, I forgive you.”

She stays silent for a while before looking away. Her horn glows, and I wince as my legs are repaired.

“Why...did you fix my legs?”

“.....Just….don’t make me regret it, Cross.”

I nod silently and grab my clothes from behind the throne, now that I can reach, and I get my pants on at least. I suddenly gasp and drop to my knees, clutching my chest in pain. It felt like my heart was being sucked out of me. After a minute or two, it goes away, but I feel cold.

“What happened? To those assholes from your world?” She suddenly asks. I lean back against her throne and cough.

“Well, most of them I never heard from again. But a couple I heard from. One of them became a lawyer, and a few became people in medicine…”

“......Do….you think I could ever be good?”

“Of course! Anyone can be good! It’s easy!” Her eyes fill with tears.

“You’re the first to ever think that and mean it.” She levitates a small loaf of bread to me. I take it and smile, eating it slowly.

Over the next several days, Chrysalis and I talked. Turns out that she had come from a long line of Queens, but she wanted to be something more. She wanted to be a singer. But her mother silenced her dreams and molded her into someone like herself. And Chrysalis hates it.

“You know, I never thought that you and I could ever be friends after last week.”

“I…..I’m sorry about that….But can you really call your rapist a friend?”

“Why not? You needed me to help your subjects repopulate. It was a good thing executed badly. So, you should have asked. I probably would have.” She blushes deeply.

She had shrunken down to nearly her normal, small state again. But she still retained some love in her. She had slightly smaller curves than Luna, but she was taller.

“You honestly think that I’d believe that?”

“You can sense emotions. You tell me.” She looks at me, her expression shifting from slight anger to confusion, then to happiness.

“You...love me?”

“Well, I….”

The room shakes violently as a wall bursts apart with a blast of blue magic. As the dust clears, Luna was there. Wait, no. Not Luna. Nightmare Moon….Oh, fuck. I forgot I was kidnapped.

“CHRYSALIS, YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!” Luna roars in fury. She charges her horn and fires a beam directly at Chrysalis. Before I even know what happened, I had jumped into the line of fire, a magic shield engulfing her and myself.

“You...saved me? Why!?”

“You already know why.” I let down the shield.

“Luna, calm down! I’m fine! See? Just relax! She’s cool!”

“DIE, INSECT!” She charges at Chrysalis. I try to put up another shield, but my heart suddenly hurts and I drop to the cave floor, clutching my chest and gasping. My whole body was eerily cold and on fire at the same time. My vision starts to darken. That got Luna’s attention.

She shifts back to normal and rushes to my side, with Chrysalis right behind her.

“Cross, are you alright!? What’s happening?!” She lifts me up. I cough, seeing some blood splatter out of my mouth.

“F-fuck….Get me to the hospital….And before I pass out…..Chrysalis, stay with me…..” My vision goes black and I pass out.

(POV: Luna)

I look down at my unconcious lover, then back at his kidnapper.

“Say nothing and follow me.” I quickly take off to the skies towards the nearest town of Manehattan, where I ruah him into the Emergency room.

When Chrysalis and I walk into the lobby, everyone looks at us in shock. I march straight back to an empty room and carefully lay him down. He looks pale, and fragile.

“DOCTORS, GET IN HERE NOW!” I yell. Three separate doctors rush in.

“We need to know what’s wrong with him. Please….” They get to work, and I sit in a chair at his side, trying hard not to cry. It’s my fault….I used such a strong attack that his body took most of the damage, even through the shield. Why...why did he protect her? Her, of all the ponies?!

I stand up and grab Chrysalis by the throat, slamming her hard into the wall.

“Why did he protect you!? You foalnapped him and raped him, judging by the smell of him! Why would he nearly kill himself to save you!?”

I gasp slightly, noticing tears streaming down her cheeks.

“I-I don’t know! He just did! I….I didn’t deserve it, but he did. I-I’m sorry for what I did. I needed his help to repopulate…”

“That’s no excuse! You should be hanged for kidnapping him!”

“P-please….I….I’m sorry….”

I loosen my grip a little. “Did you just...apologize?”

“Don’t get used to it. But, yeah….I...He helped me realize that I don’t need to do all these horrible things to help my subjects. I can just ask for help….He helped me get over the problems that have been bothering me for years…”

I can’t believe it….She’s...like me…. I let go of her throat and hug her tightly.

“I know how you feel….I’ve been having problems myself that Cross’ been helping me get past.”

I hear her stuttering to say something, but I silence her.

“It’s okay….You don’t have to say anything…” I let go of her, and she cries openly. I nod to her and sit back down. She sits beside me, and we spend the next few hours talking about our issues.

Author's Note

I decided to do something else with the Flutterbat segment, which I will post later. Enjoy!