Deceptive Little Secrets

“Princess Cadence!”

“Hm?” I turn to the Pony addressing me, a maid, unicorn by the looks of it.

“Sorry for the suddenness, but Captain Shining Armor wishes to see you right away.”

“Ah, of… of course, I’ll go see him right away.” Fuck! I don’t have any of Cadence’s memories! He’s gonna sniff me out faster than Celestia sniffing out a cake!

“Is there anything I can do to serve you further, Princess?” she asked, and while normally I might’ve said no, I decided to give her a good once over. She wasn’t a mare with blatant sex appeal but rather, it was subtle, the right kind of curves to push all the right buttons, and her maid uniform worked to accentuate that natural beauty. This wasn’t anime busty maid levels of attraction, it was the kind you expected from a delicate and beautiful flower.

And I’m insectoid, guess what I’d want to do to a flower~.

“Actually, I’m certain I may feel a little… stressed when I get back to my room, why don’t you be a good mare and wait there so I can… vent it out~?” Oh the blush on her cheeks was delicious, and the faint wafting of lust radiating from her was just as tasty.

“B-b-b-but Princess, what about y-your fiance?” She said nervously, clearly meaning something else, but the perfect ammunition for a better idea.

“Oh my, I never thought of that, excellent idea, miss…”

“Radiant Tulip.” Oh now she’s just ASKING for it! I thought as she seemed to sigh in relief.

However her calm was not to last. “He may get stressed out too, and no stallion could pass up a three-way~.” she let out a squeak as I leaned down and whispered into her ear. “I never would’ve considered you’d be interested, such a naughty mare you are~.”

“N-no wait I-I-”

“Shh, this’ll be a once in a lifetime opportunity, and don’t deny it, I’m the princess of love.” I giggled as I moved closer, letting out a hot breath against the inside of her ear, causing her red tinge to grow more intense. “And I know you love this idea~.”

With a gentle kiss, I left her, and her slowly ruined underwear, to decide whether or not she’ll actually comply… but if she does…

I would revel in corrupting such a flower.

The stunt I pulled on Tulip made it easier to calm myself as I headed to Shining’s room, though while I needed to ask for directions on occasion, I was thankful to find that nopony had grown suspicious of me, not only for how I didn’t even know where my future husband’s room is, but the fact that I wasn’t even using magic at all. Not even my changelings, those who have known cruelty and unbridled apathy from their queen for I don’t know how many moons, saw fit to question if I was really the same Chrysalis.

Then again the Changelings probably liked the change of pace and didn't wanna fuck it up… that was fair considering it seemed the original Chrysalis expected Changelings to execute themselves the moment they made one mistake.

...okay that actually made me realize something.

Everyling? Report! How many of you have died so far? I messaged through the link.

Around 30, my queen. One responded. 2 of which have been accidental deaths due to structural errors, 10 got attacked by wild beasts patrolling the outside of the city, and 18 have committed self execution for failing you.

What did they even do?

They were part of the initial scouting team, they forgot to relay their intel to you today and proceeded to freefall into the rocks below.

THE FUCK?! SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS FORGETTING IS WORTHY OF DEATH?! Of course, I couldn’t immediately show compassion to them, they’d clearly know something was up then… this also seemed to explain why the hell the changeling invasion seemed to fuck up… well, except for the love bomb situation.

So… let me get this straight, our scouts, bearing important intelligence that I would need, forgot to relay said intel at the intended time.

Yes, my queen.

And so instead of amending the situation and giving me the scouting data I still terribly need, they killed themselves, thereby making an even bigger mistake as they took that information to their graves.

...Y-Yes, my queen.

I left a moment of silence for dramatic effect before responding. Right, it’s clear that you killing yourselves so suddenly instead of working to fix the mistake is too counter-intuitive to my plans, so minds clear everyling, I want you all to hear this! You’re not allowed to kill yourselves for mistakes anymore! If you cause a problem, you either fix the problem, or you answer to me about the problem so that I can fix it and so it doesn’t fester or result in an even bigger mess!

Um… yes, my queen, we shall follow your word immediately. He said before the link went quiet… then it wasn’t.

I did nothing to quell my joy nor my pride about how I heard cheers and celebration throughout the hive-mind.

With that out of the way, I returned my focus to my immediate surroundings as I approached Shining Armor’s door, flanked by guards.

“Greetings princess, The Captain is waiting for you.” one said.

“Thank you.” I said, before I sniffed out a very adorable scent of love, with a link. “And I personally think you two stallions are perfect for each other.” I smiled as I walked past the now red and sputtering Guardsponies into the room.

Within the room I saw a distressed Shining, running around and looking through several different books for Shield Spells. As he turned to me his features softened and he pulled me into a hug with those big, strong forehooves-

Oh fuck I want to bone him just as much as Cadence! Well… on the plus side it means it won’t be hard to fake lovey-dovey stuff with him if I actually do have the lovey-dovey feels for him.

“Shiny? What’s the matter?”

“Oh Cadence, I’m so glad you’re okay!” He proclaimed, before moving back and looking me in the eye. “We’ve got a situation, a threat has been made to Canterlot!”

Oh shit… “Oh… my goodness, where did you hear? A letter?”

“No, a group of 18 ponies were found at the wall at the edge of Canterlot about to jump, Celestia tried to stop them and admitted to knowing a danger was coming to attack us, the shock from the warning meant we couldn’t stop them… Cadi, are you alright? Your eye is… twitching.”

“I… I’m just so sad about those ponies, it’s hard to contain my… tears!” I lied through my teeth.

*deep inhale* SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT!!

Oh no…