Chrysalis and Twilight were sitting at a table alongside Celestia, Luna and Cadence with Applejack sitting at Chrysalis’ side. Celestia smiled “Luna and I have recovered enough to take up our daily duties. This means Twilight could spend more time on her research.”

Twilight nodded with a frown “I need to find a way to bust our Chyrsa out of Tartarus.” She then turned to Chrysalis “Now that I haver more time it would be best if I carry on the task alone, now that I have no other responsibilities I should be able to find something.”

Luna frowned “I should get some sleep. It’s going to be a long shift tonight.” Cadence looked at Chrysalis and Applejack as Luna left the room, she could see a vague glow of pulsating red around Applejack.

Cadence frowned “Applejack, I need to ask you some questions so meet me in my room.” Cadence trotted out of the room with a frown, Applejack was hesitant to follow but a smile from Chrysalis with a nod was enough to get her moving.

Cadence sighed as she entered her room, the overly pink walls were excessive. She didn’t like the fact that just because she was pink and the Princess of Love didn’t mean her room needed to be pink. She closed her eyes as she remembered the assault on her Summer Home.

6 Months before the Wedding

She was laying in her room, it was green with a nice cedar wood bed in the centre with a nice soft Earth Pony bed. There was a small vanity next to her bed and at the end of them room was a very basic wardrobe containing the few dresses she owned, Shining Armour smiled “This is a very quiet place, I was expecting it to be more formal.”

Cadence shook her head “I was a commoner prior to my ascension and prefer the simple life. I listened to music, went to a normal school but there was one thing that I did that most fillies my age didn’t.”

Before Shining Armour could speak an explosion echoed from outside, Cadence sighed “It seems like you get see what I did when I wasn’t a student at school, something I practised in secret.” Her horn glowed and a large compartment opened in one of the walls, a massive halberd as well as several swords, axes and suits of armour.

Shining Armour blinked “What are you doing?”

Cadence grinned as she put on a pale silver suit of armour and levitated the massive black halberd out “I’m going to take out the intruders. There are some weapons in there in case any get though.” Shining Armour gulped as he levitated a lance, he honestly hadn’t been keeping his weapons skills sharp relying more on his own magic.

Cadence burst out of the room her halberd tearing through the strange buglike ponies with holes in their legs. She emerged into the open green field only to see a huge black swarm hovering above the home, Cadence growled “I’m going to destroy you!”

She flew into the orb changelings spells and sword swings bouncing off her armour as hundreds of dead changelings fell from the sky. She heard a voice shout “Enough!” Cadence turned around as the swarm few away from her, a much larger Changeling approached her wearing dark green armour and carrying two dark green swords “I must say that you’re very impressive. I didn’t think that a the Princess of Love was such a good fighter. I am Queen Chrysalis and I will fight you now.”

Cadence growled “Good, I’ll bring you down!” Cadence’s halberd had massive range but was a lot slower than the twin swords Chrysalis had allowing the Queen to move much faster. Cadence blocked several swings before dodging a blast then bucking Chrysalis in the chest before knocking her to the ground with her halberd.

She was about to deliver the finishing blow when she heard a changeling shouted “You should stop!”

Cadence turned around and deadpanned at her Fiancé “Shining Armour, you had one job.” She then sighed “Fine I’ll surrender, just let me put my armour away.” Two flashes later Cadence was back out without her weapon and armour, she looked at Chrysalis with a frown “Just know I would have won if it was not for your friend back there.”

Chrysalis smiled “To be honest if your weren’t already engaged I would have asked a mare like you out.”

Cadence blushed slightly as she stepped into the gooey pod “Well thanks I guess.”

Present Day

Cadence ripped Shining Armour a new one for that, honestly he called himself a guard. She shook her head as Applejack opened the door, Applejack frowned “Princess why did ya wish to speak to me?”

Cadence rolled her eyes “First it’s Cadence and secondly you have suppressed lust. I can see it and as the Princess of Love I must intervene, I have seen a few cases of this before and it ended badly.”

Applejack stammered “A-Ah d-don’t k-know w-what y-you a-are t-talking a-about?”

Cadence sighed “Look, if you don’t want to become a sex crazed maniac that builds a temple to their subject of lust then tell me.” Her expression at Applejack’s confused expression “Yes that did happen, I had to slay their whole entire cult. It was one the darkest duties that I have to undertake as the Princess of Love, purge those whose love or lust has corrupted them beyond saving.”

Applejack’s eyes widened “Really.” Cadence nodded, Applejack sighed “Well Ah don’t want that to happen to me.so I’ll tell you” Applejack blushed “I find Chrysalis attractive.”

Cadence frowned “Your did realised that Chrysalis was married to another member of your family at one point.”

Applejack nodded “Ah do, from what Ah can tell he was her first. Why are you asking me this?”

Cadence frowned “Because this is very important, could change my answer. I have one last question, was he a farmer?” Applejack nodded, Cadence sighed “Immortals are very unique they hold their first partners have a very important place in their heart. Even after centuries they never forget them, the one bond they form on equal footing. The one they forge in the mortal part of their lifespan, they never get involved with another in the same occupation out of fear of damaging the memory of them.”

Applejack sighed “Ah should back off then, Ah understand.”

Cadence frowned “If she was interested she would have told you, when she captured me…”

Chrysalis grinned as she entered the room “I told that I would date her if she wasn’t already engaged. She honestly would have killed me had Pharynx not captured Shining Armour, I punished him for that. I had an heir, my life was not essential to the hive.” Chrysalis then frowned “Also I heard the whole conversation and while I find it endearing I can’t do that. In addition to what Cadence said I am not interested in a relationship right now, still settling after the invasion.”

Cadence grinned “Don’t worry I’ll handle this, I’ll find her a nice partner.” Chrysalis scowled as Cadence disappeared in a flash, she was not going to let Cadence involve Applejack in her weird fantasies.

Author's Note

Cadence is quite capable, still she the ablity to be weird sometimes. Also I had to tie up some loose ends from a past chapter.