Twilight was sitting there with Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Ocellus as Chrysalis and Shining Armour entered. Ocellus and Cadence gasped at the changed form of Chrysalis while Celestia and Luna were frowning at the former Queen, Twilight however was far more concerned with the absence of the Earth Pony mare alongside the dejected look on the former Queen.

Twilight took a deep breath ready to receive the bad news, Shining Armour took a seat next to the Queen at the table “The enemy has been annihilated, Chyrsa is absent because Prince Blueblood tried to sent Chrysalis to Tartarus for one hundred years only for Chyrsa to get in the way and was sent there instead.”

Twilight heard the sobbing of the former Queen, fury began to well up in her heart. She spoke with cold conviction “We will find a way to bring her back, if necessary I will tear Tartarus asunder to bring her back!”

Luna growled “You can’t do that, Tartarus is the home of the most evil beings in the history of your worlds! You have no idea what you’re suggesting, you end our world if you did that!”

Twilight turned to Luna her voice rising with each word “I will not let anypony suffer, she has done nothing that is worth that! She doesn’t deserve to suffer in the cold prison, I will try to find a solution but if I can’t find one by the end of the week Tartarus will fall before me!” Everypony’s eyes widened as the white’s of her eyes turned a sickly green as purple trails flowed out of her eyes “Nopony deserves to face such injustice!”

Twilight exited the room heading towards the Library, Ocellus demanded “What was that?!”

Chrysalis looked up drying her tears “That was dark magic, I could sense it. It’s a great power but it comes with a cost, look at me. I let my fury consume me and it changed me permanently, I must speak with her.”

Cadence frowned “I think one of us should speak to her, what she intends to do is dangerous. We will need to stop her from doing something foolish, she could unleash so much evil into our world.”

Chrysalis grimaced “I can’t stop her from doing that I’m afraid, I want my daughter back. If she didn’t do that I probably would, no I need her to calm her down before she becomes consumed by that dark magic. She believes she needs to free her and anything you would say will only strengthen that fury. I however can get through to her because this is more important for me that it is for her.”

Celestia smiled “You’re a very different mare than I had expected.”

Chrysalis nodded “I was your enemy, I’m sure to someone out there you are a terrible monster.” Celestia nodded grimly, Chrysalis smiled “I’ll speak to Twilight.”

Everyone in the castle watched the former Queen warily, having that many mouths is not something that would go unnoticed by many and you would be a very weird individual to think that was normal. She trotted towards the Royal Library, she entered to see Twilight levitating fifty books around her.

Chrysalis frowned “Twilight, you need to calm down.”

Twilight turned angrily only to see Chrysalis standing there, Twilight blinked “Are you here to stop me? I need to free your daughter from Tartarus.”

Chrysalis shook her head “You won’t do very well with that dark magic addling your mind. Take a deep breath, let the hatred flow out of you then we can continue the research together.”

Twilight paused as she felt the dark magic coursing through her, she began to do what she did best “No no no, Princess Celestia is going make me immortal then banish me to the moon for one thousand years. Then when I return she will…”

Chrysalis sighed as she put a hoof in Twilight’s muzzle “Stop panicking you are the current regent. Now while they will take up their roles soon, you need to calm yourself down. I want my daughter back and need your help.”

Twilight took a few deep breaths as Chrysalis removed her hoof, the darkness slowly faded from her eyes. Twilight smiled “Thanks, I guess I lost my head there. It’s just what they did made me so mad.”

Chrysalis nodded “Yes but they are gone now, no use letting fury rule for those who have already been punished. For now let’s look into some of these books you were reading.”

Twilight smiled “I agree, it’s time to study.” Chrysalis and Twilight begin to dig through notes.

Meanwhile Applejack who was staying the castle had just received word that army had successfully returned. She galloped for the Throne room only to see three Alicorns and Ocellus, she demanded “Where are they?!”

Celestia frowned “Chrysalis is in the Library with Twilight, Prince Blueblood tried to send her to Tartarus and her daughter got in the way. They are currently trying to find a way to retrieve her from Tartarus.”

Applejack growled “I’m going to speak with Twilight! This is her fault, I’ll give her a talking too!”

Ocellus nodded before the others could stop Applejack “Very well Applejack, resolve this. Holding onto this will cause harm for everyone, do what you must.”

Applejack galloped out of the room, Celestia frowned as the other to Alicorns glared at Ocellus “Why did you let her go?”

Ocellus smiled “Chrysalis will be able to talk her down” she then frowned “if we let fester Applejack will hold to that anger for the rest of her life, her friendship with Twilight will be forever damaged by this if we let it go.”

Meanwhile Applejack burst into the Library furiously “Twilight, this is all your fault! She didn’t want to be out there and…”

Chrysalis stood up “Enough! Twilight did what she needed to do as Regent, I sent so many of my children to their deaths because that’s what I’m required to do as a leader. Celestia likely has done the same in past and Luna definitely has, it is the weight of leadership!”

Applejack tried to come up with a counterargument, Chrysalis shook her head “The fact is that it happened we can’t undo the past but we can strive to do better. She is helping me find a way to retrieve her, that is enough for me. I want you to think long and hard about this before you return.” Applejack sighed before leaving the room allowing the pair to return to their work.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoyed this chapter.