The Ending of The End- A Different End

by Twilight star

Rating: everyone
Tags: Queen Chrysalis, Cozy Glow, Twilight Sparkle, Slice of Life, Alternate Universe, Tirek, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 5931

What if the two royal sisters had not allowed Discord to choose the Legion of Doom's punishment? What would be the fate of the trio? Would they still be punished for what they did or would they have a different path?

Celestia and Luna didn't allow Discord to choose punishment for the Legion of Doom, after he had joined three villains and personified as Grogar. Twilight, after realizing that Discord will not be able to choose the punishment, she decides that she will try to reform the trio. It will not be easy. While she does this, the Mane 6 need to decide if they should forgive Discord after what he did.

Published 2020-04-23 14:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2020-04-26 23:08:35 UTC

There is another way! [Edited]

It was over. Discord’s powers that were in the trio were taken away. The three villains were lying on the floor, knocked out. The Mane Six, Starlight, Discord and the Two Royal Sisters approached of Chrysalis, Cozy and Tirek. Celestia and Luna didn’t know what to do with the three of villains. Them managed to cause hatred among the species, but at least later, the species came together to defeat the trio.

“What are we going to do with them, Sister?” asked Luna as she looked at Celestia with a confused look.

Celestia looked at Luna. “I don’t know, Luna. They caused the separation and hatred of the different species.”

Discord had an idea of what the two alicorns could do with this trio of villains. Smiling, he went to the two princesses.

“Princess Celestia! Princess Luna!” he said.

Celestia and Luna looked back and saw Discord approaching them. They were confused.

“What is it, Discord?” asked Celestia.

“I have an idea of what you two could do with them,” said Discord. “I can help you do that.”

“But what is your idea, Discord?” asked Luna.

When he got very close, he whispered his idea to the princesses. “How about we petrify the trio?”

“No, Discord. We are not going to do that.” Celestia denied, not happy.

Discord was confused. “But why not? It is the perfect punishment after what they did to Equestria.”

Luna approached Discord, not happy. “Don’t you remember that this was all your fault?”

“But I didn’t mean it! I just wanted to help Twilight get ready for her new role!” explained Discord why he did this.

“Your intention may even want to help, Discord,” said Celestia. “But if you wanted to help Twilight get ready for her new role, don’t you think it would be better if you were there for her, just like her friends during that moment?”

“But how would she know that she was ready to rule Equestria without having a threat to prove her ability as a leader?” asked Discord.

“Today, we realized that she was really ready to rule Equestria, with no threat to prove it,” said Celestia. “I know you wanted to help Twilight, but what you did, caused hate between the races.”

“But in the end everything went well! All species came together to defeat the trio!” said Discord desperately.

“But even so, we will not allow you to choose their punishment,” said Celestia. “Who deserves to choose the punishment is Twilight, since it is she who will start to rule Equestria.”

Twilight Sparkle was surprised by Celestia’s last sentence. Her ears went down but she was putting a hoof on her chest. “M-me? Really, Celestia?”

Celestia and Luna approached Twilight Sparkle with smiles. Discord stayed where he was, still surprised by the sentence. “Yes, Twilight. Since you’re going to start governing Equestria, we thought that you are the one who deserves to choose their punishment.”

“So, Twilight? What punishment would you like to give the trio?” asked Luna with a smile.

Twilight Sparkle started to think. She looked at the trio, still on the floor, knocked out. But that didn’t seem right. She knew that the trio did Equestria great harm, such as causing hatred between species. But she didn’t want to punish the three villains. She wanted to believe that there was another way, other than punishment. Who knows if she…

She looked at the two princesses. “Celestia, Luna. I already decided.”

“Good, Twilight. What would you like to do with them?” asked Celestia.

“I’m not going to give them any punishment,” replied Twilight Sparkle.

Celestia and Luna gaped at Twilight’s response.

“But Twilight, why don’t you want to punish them?” asked Celestia as she was surprised.

“Because I think they deserve a second chance,” replied Twilight Sparkle. “I want to try to reform them.”

Luna couldn’t believe what she heard. “Twilight, don’t you remember the harm they did to Equestria?”

“I do remember, Luna,” replied Twilight Sparkle. “But I am the princess of friendship, and soon, the ruler of Equestria, and I want to show my subjects that everypony deserves a second chance, even the villains.”

Celestia and Luna seemed unsure about that. They looked at each other before looking back at Twilight.

“I don’t know, Twilight. Think. Chrysalis had already rejected Starlight’s offer of friendship,” said Luna. “Don’t you think it’s too risky?”

“I know it can be risky, Luna,” said Twilight Sparkle. “But maybe, all they need is the magic of friendship in their lives.”

“Do you think you can do that?” asked Celestia.

“Of course, Celestia,” said Twilight Sparkle with a determined look. “I am the princess of friendship and the future ruler of Equestria. I want to show everypony that I am a benevolent ruler.”

Celestia and Luna looked at each other before looking back at Twilight.

“Twilight, can Luna and I talk about this?” asked Celestia.

Twilight Sparkle was surprised, but soon smiled. “Sure, Celestia.”

Celestia and Luna started walking.

“So, Luna? What do we do? Should we let Twilight try to reform the trio?” asked Celestia.

“I don’t know, Sister. They can try to trick Twilight,” said Luna as she was concerned for her best friend.

“I also think.” Celestia agreed as she looked to the side and her ears were down. “I really want to let Twilight try. But I worry that the trio of villains try to trick her or try to hurt her.”

“The problem is that we’re going to retire,” said Luna, “and we’re not going to be able to keep an eye on the three villains.”

Celestia agreed with Luna. It was a pity that she and Luna were going to retire now. But she soon had an idea. Who knows if they let Twilight reform the villains as if that were a final task before Twilight really started to rule Equestria? If Twilight managed to reform the trio, it would mean that Twilight was really ready to rule Equestria. She looked at Luna with a smile, her ears were raised.

“Luna, I have an idea.” began Celestia.

Luna was curious. “What’s your idea?”

“How about if we let Twilight reform the trio as a final task for Twilight?” suggested Celestia. “If she managed to reform the trio, it would mean that she was ready to rule Equestria.”

Luna even liked the idea. But she wanted to be sure of something. “So does that mean we will continue to rule Equestria until Twilight manages to reform The Legion of Doom?”

“Yes, Luna. And when Twilight manages to reform the trio, we will crown Twilight the new ruler of Equestria,” replied Celestia with a smile. “And then? Shall we tell Twilight our answer?”

“Yes, Celestia,” replied Luna.

Twilight saw Celestia and Luna approach her with smiles on their faces. She approached the two princesses.

“So, princesses? I can?” asked Twilight Sparkle with a hopeful smile.

“Luna and I talked, and we decided that we will let you try to reform The Legion of Doom,” replied Celestia. “This is going to be a final test to see if you’re really ready to rule Equestria.”

“So does that mean that the two of you will still continue to rule Equestria?” asked Twilight Sparkle to make sure she lifted a hoof slightly.

“Yes, Twilight. And when you have finished reforming them, let us know that we would prepare for your coronation as ruler of Equestria,” replied Celestia. Suddenly, Celestia and Luna felt themselves being hugged.

“Thank you, princesses. I promise I won’t disappoint you two,” said Twilight Sparkle with a smile.

Celestia and Luna returned the hug with smiles on their faces. When they left the embrace, Celestia and Luna approached the trio.

The trio opened their eyes at the sound of footsteps. They looked up and saw Celestia and Luna. They were nervous about what could happen to them next.

When the two princesses came very close to the trio, Celestia said, “Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow. The three of you may have caused Equestria great harm, but instead of you three of you being punished, you will be staying with Twilight and her friends in Ponyville to learn the magic of friendship.”

The trio had different reactions. Cozy looked relieved, since she wouldn’t be punished. Tirek blew out a breath. And Chrysalis was angry, she would have wanted a thousand times more to be punished than having to stay with Twilight and her filthy friends in Ponyville and learn about friendship.

Return to Ponyville (Rewriten)

The Mane 6, Starlight, Spike, Discord and the former Legion of Doom were now on the train. Applejack was sitting with Rainbow, Pinkie with Starlight and Spike, Fluttershy was with Discord and Twilight was with the ex-Legion of Doom. Twilight was reading a book to distract herself while Chrysalis was cross-hoofed and sulky, she still couldn’t believe she would have to learn about friendship. Cozy was watching the landscape and Tirek had a hand on his chin, meaning he was bored. Fluttershy was struggling not to cry. She couldn’t believe that Discord did that.

Discord heard the sound of crying and saw that Fluttershy was crying, he went to her. “What happened, my dear Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy looked at Discord, still with tears in her eyes. “Discord, why did you do that? Why did you trick me again? ”

Discord was heartbroken to see Fluttershy cry. He went to Fluttershy.

“I’m sorry,” said Discord, sorry. “My intention was not to lie to you.”

Fluttershy was still looking to the side and tears in his eyes. “That’s what you said to me, after we were released from Tirek’s bubbles after you joined Tirek.”

Discord felt as if he had been punched just by remembering Tirek. That time he joined Tirek it seemed like it was still on his mind, but as the days went by with Fluttershy’s company, he managed to forget, but it seems that bad memory has returned. He decided to try to cheer Fluttershy.

“Fluttershy,” Fluttershy looked at Discord, still sad. “Look this!”

Discord snapped his fingers and made dancing flowers appear. The flowers went to Fluttershy’s seat to dance. Fluttershy looked down sadly. Discord decided to approach Fluttershy to hug her. When Fluttershy felt Discord hugging her, she returned the hug while crying.

Everypony on the train stopped what they were doing when they heard crying and looked at where Discord and Fluttershy were sitting, even the ex-Legion of Doom. Applejack and the others approached Fluttershy, worried, except for the three villains, who only observed from a curious distance.

“What happened, sugarcube?” asked Applejack as she was concerned about her best friend.

Fluttershy and Discord looked at Applejack and the others. Fluttershy could feel more tears in her eyes. Discord looked again at Fluttershy, still sad and sorry for having done all that since Celestia and Luna announced their retirement: Because he disguised himself as Grogar and joined a quartet of villains, which in the end, remained just three.

Fluttershy looked away, even more sad. “Applejack ...”

But there was no time for her to finish talking. The driver interrupted her.

“Those who plan to stay in Ponyville can leave!” he said.

Fluttershy and Discord got out of their seats. Applejack didn’t know why Fluttershy was sad, but she intended to find out why. Twilight went to Chrysalis, Cozy and Tirek.

“Let’s go,” said Twilight, before she started walking.

Tirek and Cozy went on normally and without making faces, Chrysalis went sulking and not happy. She couldn’t believe that she would be staying with Twilight and her friends in Ponyville. How pathetic!

Applejack and her friends looked at Fluttershy, still concerned. “Fluttershy, could you tell us why you are crying?”

Fluttershy looked uncertain. She looked down as she cried more.

“I don’t know, Applejack,” replied Fluttershy.

Applejack smiled understandingly. “Fluttershy, you can tell me how you feel. I won’t be mad at you, if that’s what you’re worried about.”

Fluttershy looked at Applejack and her friends, still unsure whether to tell. “I don’t know if I should. You didn’t go through what I did.”

Rarity was confused. “What are you talking about, dear? How come we don’t go through what you do? ”

Fluttershy looked down while thinking. Should she tell? Perhaps she could tell when Discord was not around, since at the moment, his presence was not helping.

“Okay, Applejack. I’ll tell you,” said Fluttershy. “But can it be in a place where Discord is not around?” Discord was surprised by the last sentence. Normally, Fluttershy liked to have him around.

Twilight Sparkle was confused. “But why can’t it be close to Discord, Fluttershy? Did he do anything bad to you? ” Discord started to sweat with nervousness now.

Fluttershy felt more tears in her eyes. “...Yes.”

Pinkie Pie walked in front of Fluttershy with a smile on her face. “Come on, smile!” she caught Fluttershy by the cheeks and smiled. “It can’t be so bad what he did!”

“Where would you like to talk about this, Fluttershy?” asked Twilight Sparkle.

Pinkie Pie released her cheeks Fluttershy. “I think maybe we could talk about it in my cottage,” said Fluttershy. “That if it isn’t too much trouble for all of you.”

“It won’t be a bother for us, Fluttershy.” guaranteed Twilight Sparkle with a smile. Chrysalis rolled her eyes at the phrase from Twilight.

Fluttershy smiled a little hopefully. “Really?”

“Of course not, Fluttershy,” replied Rainbow Dash with a smile.

“Would you like to talk while we go to your cottage or would you like to talk about it only when we get there?” asked Applejack.

“I think I better talk about it when we get to my cottage,” said Fluttershy. “I don’t want the other ponies in town to hear...” she whispered the last sentence.

Twilight Sparkle didn't hear the last sentence. “What?”

“I don’t want the other ponies to hear!” shouted Fluttershy.

Everypony was surprised by the shout, but soon recovered. If that was what Fluttershy wanted, they would respect it. Rainbow was concerned about her best friend. Why was Fluttershy like this? Fluttershy said it was something that involved Discord. She swore that if Discord did something very bad to her best friend, she would…

Upon arriving at Fluttershy’s house, the trio of villains noticed that they had several animals. But when the animals saw the trio, they hid. Chrysalis until she liked that, she always liked to feel superior to others. Fluttershy opened the door and went inside. The others entered together. Fluttershy sat down on the sofa first. Then there were Starlight and Spike, then Mane Six and the ex-Legion of Doom. Discord decided to stay away, since he knew that Fluttershy didn’t want her around now, and also because he was still guilty of what he did.

“Fluttershy, could you tell us how you feel now?” asked Starlight Glimmer in a calm way.

Fluttershy looked at Starlight Glimmer. “Yes. But do you promise not to be mad at me or Discord?”

“Cross my heart, today to fly, stick to cupcake i’m my eye.” everypony except Fluttershy, Discord, Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy made Pinkie Promise. The trio obviously didn’t understand what just happened. Why they put the hull on the chest, then pretended that the hoof was a wing and put a him in the eye?

Fluttershy was safer. But just because she was safer, it didn’t mean that she wasn’t sad. She started to cry again. Chrysalis couldn’t help but agree that Fluttershy was too much of a whiner.

“D-do you remember when Discord came to us when we and the princesses were in the throne room?” asked Fluttershy as she cried.

“Yes. Why?” asked Twilight Sparkle.

“D-do you remember what he confessed?”

Everypony except Fluttershy, Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy started to think. Until they remembered. They looked back at Fluttershy.

“That Discord was disguised as Grogar and that he brought together three villains?” asked Rainbow Dash to be sure.

She looked away, still sad. “Yes. And you know I made him reformed, but he tricked me on me twice. He has already joined Tirek, but although I am saddened by what he did, I was able to forgive him, as he didn't know he was befriending a villain.” Tirek liked Fluttershy about that. “But now that he has disguised himself as Grogar and has joined villains for them to try to dominate Equestria, I don’t even know if I’m going to be able to forgive him.”

Rainbow felt angry at Discord. How dare he betray Fluttershy’s trust, not just once, but twice? She flew up to Discord.

“How dare you make my best friend cry?!” shouted Rainbow Dash.

Discord was surprised by Rainbow Dash’s appearance, but he soon said, “My intention was not to make her cry.”

“Rainbow, dear, calm down.” Discord looked over to where the couch was and saw Rainbow’s friends approach with concerned looks, except Chrysalis smiled at what was going on, Tirek didn’t seem to care so much about what was going on and Cozy seemed to be having fun with the friends’ tantrum that was going on.

“Why should I calm down? He made Fluttershy cry!” Rainbow defended her best foalhood friend.

“But I didn’t want to make her cry, Rainbow. My intention was just to help Twilight get ready for her new role that she was going to have!” explained Discord.

“Discord, I’m sorry to say that, but that’s not what a true friend does,” say Twilight Sparkle sadly.

Discord felt that all the way he did was worth nothing. But he was really sorry.

“But could you forgive me?” Discord put his paws together as if he were pleading.

“We are going to have to think about it better. Fluttershy, is there anything else that bothers you?” asked Rarity as she and the others approached the yellow pegasus.

“No. It was just that. You can go home now,” replied Fluttershy as she looked to the side, sadly. “I also have to think about whether I should forgive him after what he did…” whispered Fluttershy the last sentence. Discord was concerned by what Fluttershy whispered. Didn’t Fluttershy know if she should forgive him after what he did? He had to confess that he was nervous. He hopes Fluttershy forgives him.

All, but Fluttershy and Discord left the cottage.

Twilight Sparkle looked at Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow confusedly. “You three didn’t say anything about what Fluttershy said.”

“And why should we?” asked Chrysalis, not at all pleased with the presence of Twilight as she gritted her teeth.

“You three should care about each other and not just yourself.” explained Twilight Sparkle.

“And why do you care about others?” Tirek asked, not happy as he crossed his arms.

“Because when you care about somepony you're demonstrating that you want their good.”

“Who needs to care about others when you can have power?” asked Cozy Glow with a crazy smile.

Twilight’s ears drooped. Yeah. It wasn’t going to be easy for these three to be reformed, and she too would now have to decide whether she should forgive Discord. She just hoped that as long as she helped the trio to be reformed, she could think about it and maybe learn something about friendship.

Trying to understand Chrysalis' motivations

Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy slept in three beds in blue and purple colors, and with purple blankets. In the bedroom, it had a light blue crystal window, a purple side table and a yellow lamp. Chrysalis could feel the rays of sunlight on her face. She looked annoyed. She didn’t want to wake up. Not now that she was living in her enemy’s castle. She put the pillow in her face with her magic, hoping that the sun wouldn’t wake her up and get up. Them didn’t notice, but the bedroom door opened, revealing itself to be Twilight, which had a neutral expression. She went first to the bed where Cozy was and nudged the foal lightly with a hoof.

“Cozy, please wake up,” said Twilight Sparkle.

Cozy shifted on the bed, but didn’t wake up or get up. Twilight decided to try Tirek. Maybe the minotaur would wake up?

“Tirek, I came here to tell you that the coffee is on the table.” explained Twilight Sparkle as she poked Tirek.

Tirek, like Cozy, didn’t wake up, just moved. Twilight decided to try to wake Chrysalis. She nudged Chrysalis.

“Chrysalis, wake up, please.” asked Twilight Sparkle politely. She began to imagine that Chrysalis would do the same as Cozy and Tirek.

But to her surprise, Chrysalis got up and pulled the pillow out of her face, and she wasn’t at all happy to have been woken up, especially by her enemy. Twilight couldn’t deny that she felt a little scared as her ears drooped.

“Why did you wake me up?! Can’t you see that I want to continue sleeping?!” shouted Chrysalis as her tongue moved like a snake.

Twilight has recovered from fear. “I just came here to tell you that the coffee is already on the table, Chrysalis.”

“But why did you have to wake me up?! Why didn’t you wake up Cozy or Tirek instead of me?!” shouted Chrysalis, still annoyed that she had been woken.

“I already tried to wake them up, but they didn’t.” explained Twilight Sparkle.

Chrysalis snorted as she looked to the side and crossed her hooves. “I might as well wake up alone...”

“I fully understand that you don’t like my presence, but at least try to cooperate, okay?” said Twilight Sparkle.

Cozy and Tirek woke up, still with a little weariness present in them. Cozy scratched her eyes with a hoof as Tirek stretched. Twilight went to the two with a smile.

“How nice! You two are already up,” she said.

Cozy and Tirek looked at Twilight confusedly as they raised an eyebrow. Why did Twilight say that?

“What do you mean, how good?” asked Cozy Glow.

“Because Spike already made breakfast. The three of you just need to be in the dining room. Come!” replied Twilight Sparkle. She started walking. The trio followed Twilight. Chrysalis still couldn’t believe that Twilight wanted to wake her up just so they could eat, she would rather still be in bed and never wake up from this nightmare.

Twilight started to think about how she should start the process of reforming the trio. Perhaps she could try to understand the motivations of each of the three, discover the past of each one, how it was that each one became evil, and then explain to each one a solution to that.

Upon arriving at the dining room, the trio saw that there were six pancakes and six chairs on the table. And who was sitting eating was Spike and Starlight. When Chrysalis saw Starlight, she felt anger wash over her. Why was the mare who made her subjects stand against her was here? She looked at Twilight, not happy.

“Why is this traitorous mare is here?” asked Chrysalis.

Twilight Sparkle looked at Chrysalis surprised to have called Starlight a traitor. “She’s been living here in the castle since I reformed her.”

“Can’t she be living somewhere far away from here?” asked Chrysalis, still sulky.

“No. I allow her to live here, and I’m not going to tell her to leave just because of you,” replied Twilight Sparkle.

The quartet approached the table and sat down. Twilight sat on the left side of Starlight, and Spike on the right side of Twilight, and Chrysalis was sitting in the middle, Cozy on the left side of Chrysalis, and Tirek on the right side of Chrysalis. Everypony started to eat, except Chrysalis, who was still in a bad mood. Why should she eat this food? Chrysalis looked at Starlight, she felt anger and hatred at seeing Starlight smile while eating the pancake. Because of Starlight, she lost not only her subjects, but her kingdom.

Twilight looked at Chrysalis, and noticed that she didn’t even start eating. “Chrysalis, aren’t you going to eat your pancake?”

Chrysalis looked at Twilight, still angry. “No. I’m not hungry.”

Twilight was surprised by the tone of Chrysalis. She knew that Chrysalis was angry, but she didn’t imagine seeing the former queen of changelings so angry with her. Why was Chrysalis like this? She intended to find out.

When they finished eating, less Chrysalis not even touching her pancake, Starlight left the place and Spike took the plates with the crumbs. But when he saw that Chrysalis didn’t even eat, he went to Chrysalis to ask.

“Chrysalis, haven’t you eaten a piece?” asked Spike.

Angered, Chrysalis looked at Spike angrily as she moved her tongue like a snake. “No. Why?”

Spike was surprised by Chrysalis’ tone. “Calm. I just wanted to ask, not to offend.”

Chrysalis stopped moving her tongue and looked away, irritated. “I know…”

“So, could you please answer my question?” asked Spike gently.

“I didn’t eat because I’m not going to eat anything from my enemies!” shouted Chrysalis. “And I think it’s good that you don’t ask me about it anymore, or else, I’ll suck all your love!”

Spike was startled by the threat. “S-sure. I’m sorry,” he picked up Chrysalis’s food plate and ran to the kitchen.

Twilight watched Spike go to the kitchen in a surprised way. When he was out of sight of her, Twilight looked at Chrysalis, not at all happy. Chrysalis noticed Twilight’s expression, and she was confused, but still sulky.

“What is it?” asked Chrysalis.

“Why did you threaten him?” asked Twilight Sparkle, still not happy that Chrysalis had threatened her number one assistant.

“I threatened him because he asked the obvious for somepony superior to him,” replied Chrysalis.

Twilight was about to say that Chrysalis shouldn’t feel superior to the others, but she was stopped when she heard a knock on the door. Twilight started walking to the door. Chrysalis, Cozy and Tirek decided to follow Twilight just out of curiosity. Twilight opened the door with her magic and saw that it was her friends. Pinkie held a picnic basket in her mouth and Rarity wore a pink hat with a light pink feather. Twilight smiled.

“Girls!” Twilight gave a group hug. The others returned the hug. Pinkie dropped the basket on the floor so she could hug Twilight.

The trio had mixed reactions when they saw this beautiful scene: Chrysalis was disgusted, Tirek looked not happy at all as it reminded him of what Scorpan had said in the past about friendship being important, and Cozy smiled innocently.

As they left the hug, Pinkie Pie said, “Twilight, we are going to have a picnic in the park. Would you and the ex-Legion of Doom like to go with us?”

“I’ll. Now, about the trio, I’m going to ask them,” replied Twilight Sparkle. “You can go ahead.”

Twilight’s friends turned and started walking. Twilight turned and went over to Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy.

“Me and my friends are going to have a picnic in the park, would you three like to go with me?” asked Twilight Sparkle.

“I don’t want to stay here in the castle doing anything, so yes,” replied Tirek.

“I would also like to come along,” replied Cozy Glow.

Twilight Sparkle looked at Chrysalis, who was still pissed. “What about you, Chrysalis? Would you like to go to the picnic?”

“No!” shouted Chrysalis.

Twilight Sparkle was confused. “But why not?”

“Because I’m going to have to stay with your filthy friends,” said Chrysalis in a disgusted voice.

Twilight looked offended by the comment and the way Chrysalis spoke, but she decided to ask something. “Chrysalis, why don’t you support my presence?”

Chrysalis seemed surprised by the question. “It is not obvious? You were the one who discovered that I was the fake Cadence, and you ruined my plan to dominate Equestria!”

“But I don’t understand. Why did you want to dominate Equestria on my brother and ex-foalsitter’s wedding day?” asked Twilight Sparkle.

“Because my subjects, or rather, ex-subjects!” she glared at Twilight. Twilight was a little scared. But Chrysalis soon continued. “... they were very hungry. And I had already gone everywhere looking for love to feed them. When I arrived in Equestria, I found that I had more love than anywhere else I have ever been. I saw the perfect opportunity for my ex-subjects to feed on the love of ponies.”

“But why dominate Equestria if you had already found what you wanted?” asked Twilight Sparkle as she lifted a hoof.

Chrysalis looked to the side. She hated talking about it. Especially for an enemy. “Because I thought that if I mastered Equestria, my ex-subjects and I would have all the love for ourselves. And that reason is the same as why I captured you, your filthy friends, Shining Armor, your two friends and the princesses. I captured you and the others so that I and the changelings could have all the love of Equestria without being stopped.”

Twilight lowered the hoof. She was surprised by this revelation. She never imagined that Chrysalis was actually just doing her job as the queen of changelings. Before, she thought she was just an evil changeling queen who just wanted to suck the love of everypony in front of her. But she wondered what Crysalis’s past was like and what made her evil. Like, Chrysalis couldn’t be born with malice, right? Well, she planned to ask that question in the other day.

Twilight Sparkle immediately smiled. She decided to believe that now that Chrysalis had vented, she would agree to go to the picnic. “Chrysalis, how did you vent your feelings, would you like to go to the picnic with my friends?”

“No,” replied Chrysalis, without thinking twice.

Twilight Sparkle hit the hoof on the floor in anger. But she soon had an idea. “OK. You don’t have to go.”

Chrysalis was relieved by this and smiled.

Twilight Sparkle turned and started walking. Cozy and Tirek followed. “But I’m already warning you that Starlight is still in my castle. Maybe you two can spend that day together.”

Chrysalis was surprised. Was Starlight still in the castle? She didn’t want to stay or spend a day at the castle with that mare who made her subjects go against her. She couldn’t believe she was going to say it, but she was going to say it.

“Wait!” shouted Chrysalis as she lifted a hoof. Twilight Sparkle stopped walking, and turned to Chrysalis. Chrysalis lowered the hoof. “I’m going with you, Cozy and Tirek.”

Twilight Sparkle smiled. “Well, if you want to go along, follow me. I will lead the way to the park. My friends are already waiting for us.”

Upon arriving at the park, Twilight and the three villains saw that the picnic blanket was already on the grass, the five mares were waiting for Twilight. They approached. Chrysalis still couldn’t believe that she agreed to go to that damn picnic.

When the fours got very close to the five mares, they turned and smiled when they saw Twilight.

“Why did you take so long, Twilight?” asked Pinkie Pie.

“I had a conversation with Chrysalis,” replied Twilight Sparkle as she looked at Chrysalis from the corner of her eye.

Pinkie Pie looked at Chrysalis and noticed that she wasn’t smiling. She went to Chrysalis. Chrysalis watched Pinkie approach.

“Come on, ex-queen of changelings, smile!” said Pinkie Pie in an animated tone.

Chrysalis was sulky. “I will not smile.”

“I know what will make you happy! A party!” shouted Pinkie Pie.

“Pinkie, we are having a picnic now.” recap Twilight Sparkle.

“I know, silly. So, I’m having a party for Chrysalis after the picnic.”

Chrysalis couldn’t believe what she heard. Not only would she be at a picnic, but she would then go to a party! Worse, she knew very well what Pinkie’s party would be like. Because when she was disguised as Cadence, she noticed that when Pinkie showed her the games and songs had children’s party decorations. It was like a party for a four year old foal!

Twilight looked at Chrysalis and noticed that she wasn’t happy at all. She returned to look at Pinkie.

“Pinkie, it’s very kind of you to want to make Chrysalis happy, but I think you better not do that,” said Twilight Sparkle.

Pinkie Pie was confused. “But why not, Twilight? It is to cheer up Chrysalis.”

“I know, Pinkie. But she is still very angry. I don’t want to offend you, but I believe that her bad mood will get even worse with your party. So I think you better have a party when she’s not that angry anymore.” explained Twilight Sparkle.

“Oh. Come on!” asked Pinkie Pie happily as she jumped on the spot.

“No, Pinkie,” said Twilight Sparkle as she shook her head.

Pinkie Pie started to think before answering, “okie dokie lookie!”

Chrysalis’ anger changed to surprise. Her mouth was open, literally. Twilight, her enemy, told Pinkie not to throw the party to cheer her up after the picnic for her because she is angry? She never imagined that Twilight would do that for her. Not after what she did to Equestria. Wait. Why was she was thinking that her actions were wrong? She did right as the queen of changelings from the start! She wasn’t the wrong one in the story! The culprit of her losing everything was the ponies!

Everypony approached the picnic blanket and sat down. Each took something to eat. Pinkie ate a strawberry cupcake, Applejack and Cozy ate an apple, Rainbow drank water, Twilight bit a bit of the daisy sandwich while smiling, Fluttershy a salad, Rarity watched the weather, Tirek ate a cucumber sandwich and Chrysalis didn’t even touch the food, she observed them with crossed hooves the six mares. Then she looked at Tirek and Cozy, who both were smiling. She didn’t understand why Cozy and Tirek wanted to come to this picnic in the beginning.

While Twilight was eating she started to wonder if she should forgive Discord. She knew that Discord did that to help her prepare for her new role, but even so, she might not have been able to, since the Elements of Harmony were now destroyed. Who destroyed it was King Sombra, who was revived by Discord and was part of the Legion of Doom. She didn’t know if Discord should be forgiven.She knew this was hypocritical to her, since she was giving the ex-Legion of Doom a chance for forgiveness and redemption but not for Discord. But it was Discord who brought the villains together, and not the villains who joined the Discord. She wasn’t one hundred percent sure yet, so she had to think better.

She looked at her friends and started to wonder if they would forgive Discord for what he did. She didn’t know if she should come up with this subject now or leave it for another day. Because she wanted to know if any of her friends had already decided if they would forgive Discord, but at the same time, she also wanted to not end the happiness that day was having. She started to think. Maybe it would be better for her to leave that question for another day, since today was the first day with the ex-Legion of Doom, because she knew that if she asked if they would forgive Discord, the happiness her friends were having could change for sadness and even anger. Decided, she went back to eating her sandwich.