Chrysalis POV. Part 2. Black Queen's Move.

I didn't even notice how I dozed off, although in fact I wonder why it happened. Constant anxiety in my heart and feelings of danger did not leave me, but then... someone inside my mind came to calm me down and give me hope. This made my eyelids heavy and I no longer listened to what my friends were talking quietly, sitting at the table in our room. How much time has passed, I do not know, but I felt that someone gently pushes me in the shoulder, trying to wake me up.

"Chrissy... Chrissy!" The familiar voice of my beloved man sounded.

I opened my eyes and yawned slightly. "Aahr..." I wrinkled my face and stretched out my hooves to stretch my muscles a little, which were tired of being in one lying position.

Heart Path, who was already wearing his helmet, was sitting on his knees in front of the bed. A slight smile and sincere sympathy appeared on his face for disturbing my sleep.

"I'm sorry, Chrissy. But we have to go. Kirin scouts have just reported that they noticed a magic signal in the sky..." But I didn't let him finish, as I quickly came to my senses and jumped out of this bed, from which Heart Path was a little surprised, but quickly changed his expression to serious.

I shook my head, from which the mane, as always, began to tickle my face, and Heart Path, at that moment, hugged me by the neck and looked into my eyes. But I decided to be the first to express my concern. "I'm ready! Where? Where do I need to fly?" The way I quickly said these words, with complete determination in my voice, gave a good mood to my beloved man.

"Listen to me carefully, Chrissy. Do you remember the place we went to the first time Discord teleported us to this island? The signal was given, approximately from that position. It is about ten kilometers from this temple. On the north coast. But there are quite a few problems and you should take this into account. First of all, what I would call the beginning of Judgment Day is happening in the sky! Or the Apocalypse! The smell of ozone and burning is clearly felt in the air. There are several fires in the forest on this island. The forests are burning! Smoke poisons the air! Thunder makes a trumpet sound. The sky turns dark, then red, But sometimes everything comes back to normal and the sun tries to break through with its rays to create at least some kind of illumination, and give us all its warmth and hope. And I'm just sure that the local fauna is now going through something worse than Tartarus! Birds are flying away from this island in panic, animals are trying to escape from forest fires and the impending threat." Heart Path said it all in a serious voice and I began to notice how his eyes become glassy from which he stopped looking at me. But after that, he handed me a bottle of potion. "You have to drink this! Raiden gave you this potion."

I took a few deep breaths and stretched out and drank this potion in one gulp. A few seconds passed, and my body became alert, and my brain began to work with a vengeance. Now I feel like I can kick a couple of demonic asses with one shot. Although this is of course an exaggeration, but I felt the difference, and it really increased my concentration.

Heart Path took the empty bottle from me and walked away from the bed, put the bottle on the table and put a bag of supplies on his shoulder. He was fully armed. He just wasn't wearing his glasses and gloves. I jumped off the bed, my nostrils quickly inhaling the air, as I still feel a strong coming from the effects of the magic potion.

"I'm ready!" I said in a determined voice and after that I cracked my neck several times.

Heart Path quickly bent down and hugged me tightly around the neck again, and then kissed me hard on the lips, penetrating my mouth with his tongue. "Mmmhm..." I groaned from such an influx of passion, but decided to defuse this dramatic moment a little.

I looked into the face of my beloved man with a smile. "Don't kiss me like you're saying goodbye to me. You'll see, everything will be fine. And I promise you that already tonight I will let you punish me for my penalty points! Heh." I said and looked playfully at Heart Path.

"Oh... I don't doubt it either. But we need to try hard and not relax. Our goal is Cadence! Now let's go. Our friends have already gathered at the exit of this temple and are waiting only for us." Said Heart Path and winked at me, after that his hands released my neck.

"Yes. You're right. It seems that Cadence, for the first time in his life, will finally understand what life is when you have to fight for it. And not just sit in your palace and relax." I said as we left our room.

Fern Leaf was waiting for us in the corridor. "Why are you taking so long? We must hurry! Hurry up, follow me!" Said Fern Leaf and without waiting for an answer, turned around and quickly walked down the corridor.

That's what we did...

Five minutes later, I was standing at the entrance to this temple and, like all my friends and lovers, watched the horror that was happening in the sky! Heart Path, described everything exactly. And to be honest, the first thought I had was to tell everything to go to hell and turn around to run away and hide under the bed!

"Brr..." I shook my head again, but Heart Path and Autumn noticed how my body trembled with fear... and I was really ashamed at that moment. I was especially betrayed by my tail, which shrank to my stomach from fear.

Master Raiden noticed it too, and while Heart Path was stroking my head soothingly, it was he who decided to give me more confidence. "I understand everything, Chrysalis. It's scary. But my advice to you, try not to climb high into the sky, otherwise the demons will find you and this will add to your problems! But, we all believe in you! And now let's not linger, perhaps Cadence is already experiencing difficulties. So go ahead!" Raiden said his modest speech and pointed with his hoof in the direction where I should fly.

I looked in the direction where Raiden's hoof was pointing, and I clearly saw a small pink heart in the sky, which was reflected by a magical light. Heh... Cadence, a very resourceful mare. I exchanged glances with Heart Path, and Autumn.

Autumn also put her arms around my neck. "Good luck to you, Chrysalis! We will run through this forest, right behind you. Try not to get lost on the way back! If anything, I'll try to figure out how to give you a signal so that you can orient yourself and make your way through this tartarus in the forest to our meeting place. But if everything goes according to a different scenario, then just fly with Cadence towards this mountain! We all believe in you." Autumn said and released my neck from her embrace.

"Good luck to you too!" I shouted, taking off on my wings.

I turned around and saw Heart Path, Autumn and Fern Leaf running out of the entrance to the temple and heading at a fast pace along the river.

The river itself was located about two hundred meters from the entrance to the temple and served as a natural barrier. The obelisks continued to serve and masked the main entrance to this shelter. Several Kirins ran out onto the platform and watched my flight. Well, I was working hard with my transformed wings, maintaining a low altitude, about above the treetops. But after about five minutes of flight, my nostrils clearly felt the smell of smoke and burning. This forest suffered. The glow from the fires was clearly visible from this height. And the sky itself did not cease to terrify. I flew and fought with fear, because I have to be higher than that.

It took about five minutes of my flight over this forest. The sky continued to terrify. But the magic signal that Cadence had given had already dissipated. And I tried to remember the direction, and the whole area, below me. So that when I return, I can orient myself normally. That's just the feeling of anxiety in my heart began to play to the fullest. I started looking around and noticed several groups of small demons that were making their way through this forest towards the coast! And I don't doubt their goals!

"Damn it!" I cursed when I realized that I had been discovered. I urgently need to go down into this forest and disguise myself as some kind of insect! But then I risk losing my direction and getting lost.

But while I was thinking, suddenly there was a loud, trumpet thunder in the sky, and the smoke from the fires made me close my eyes and cough violently. For a short time I was blind and deaf! There was a strong ringing in my ears, and I felt the branches from the tops of the trees scratching my stomach.

"Aaay!" I grumbled through my teeth in pain. But it seems that while I was blinded, a bunch of small demons began to signal to each other that they had noticed a potential opponent.

When I could hear normally again. "Hurry up! Catch this creature!" Someone shouted from below in a long, hoarse voice and I heard the sound of leathery wings flapping.

I rubbed my eyes with my hooves and tried to breathe evenly. When I turned around, my eyes widened in horror and I fell down like a stone, dodging a fiery magic projectile. "Fuck!" I shouted when another branch slashed my side leaving a scratch! The rhythm of my heart began to gain momentum. My breathing quickened, and the branches of trees flashed before my eyes and I noticed some kind of stream.

For a second I turned around and saw four imps flying over the treetops about a hundred meters away from me! How do I know who these guys are? When the time is right, then I will give answers to such questions! And now I'm going to act the way Queen Chrysalis should act!

I landed between the trees, and my body was enveloped by my native magic. And so, having turned into a beetle, I began to slowly crawl up a tree to hide from these creatures!

Four imps landed not far from me and started looking around. "Where could she go? Hey, Quingle, keep up! Be careful, maybe this creature is hiding somewhere... I can feel the magic, but I can't figure out where it is." Said one of the imps passing by the tree where I was sitting and carefully watched these little bastards.

"Servun! I suggest we follow the order, and not be distracted by the search for this black mare! Can't you smell the fear? Let her be afraid, I'm sure she won't be a problem. Moreover, we are followed by a group of Raskhal, and their hungry cyclops! Let them deal with this mare themselves..." The second imp said in a grumpy voice.

What I heard from these imps made me think. And as far as I understand, these four imps are heading towards the coast, as they were also able to see a strange signal in the sky. But it's not a fact that this is the only group of demons that were sent to explore the coast. And especially since this group is followed by another group of demons, and I do not know their number, but one thing I know for sure. There is cyclops among them!

I had a choice: either I distract the cyclops and wait for Heart Path, Autumn and Fern Leaf to come to my rescue! Because I'm sure I can't handle such an opponent alone... Although, I need accurate information. Well, or I turn into a bird and fly to the coast. But then, if I find Cadence, the way back will be much harder. And I think it's not difficult for you to understand why this is so? That's right! Unlike Cadence, I will be able to use disguise and return to our temple unnoticed. But Cadence, she won't be able to disguise herself! And I can't leave her in this position! This means that I will accompany her in my true form.

But these demons will have to be skipped further. And I have no doubt that Cadence will be waiting for an unpleasant surprise! But in the end, she knew exactly where she was going. So let her pass her first experience... For some reason, I don't doubt her abilities.

Somewhere in the distance, a terrible howl was heard, and the earth trembled from an unknown rumble. In this part of the forest, there was not such a strong smoke, but in the sky it was clearly visible how clouds of smoke were rising above this forest. Therefore, I will no longer fly over the forest! It's become doubly dangerous, and I still remember the warning from Raiden that it's better to move stealthily. To join the battle only if absolutely necessary. But something inside me started giving multiple signals again, every time I tried to analyze the situation.

While I was sitting on the bark of a tree and pretending to be a beetle, a fourth imp passed by me, while his "comrades" moved forward a little and sometimes shouted to him that this idiot would not lag behind! He stopped and started sniffing the air. But after he bared his grin, and fiery sparks appeared in his eyes and he began to look more closely at the beetle sitting on the tree as if nothing had happened. And it looks like a thought process has appeared in his demonic brain.

Time was running out for seconds. I realized that I had no choice and this little bastard, he asked for trouble!

The imp began to stretch out its clawed paw towards me.

Time has slowed down...

"Now!" I gave myself a command in my thoughts and prepared my hooves for sudden movements.

The aura of my native magic ran through my body and I appeared before this surprised imp in my true image! His eyes started to widen! My left hoof went for his jaw, and my right hoof grabbed the back of his head.

CRUNCH!

Without thinking, I wrung the neck of this curious idiot and after a couple of seconds his body fell, with his head turned 180 degrees.

Time has returned to its course...

"Next time, you need to listen to your friends! Here's one of the friendship lessons from Chrysalis for you! Scum!" I said in an angry voice through my teeth, but after that I hurried to look around. I felt a strong rush of adrenaline, and my brain was working with increased concentration.

I imagine the reaction of the elements of harmony, if they saw how I, with royal grace, wrung the neck of this imp! Most likely, Rarity would have already started vomiting in the bushes, and Twilight Sparkle would have stood in a trance for a few more minutes. As for the rest... it doesn't matter! Ha Ha Ha! These thoughts amused me a little, which made me laugh inwardly. Seriously, these mares urgently need a vacation to this island! Maybe they will be able to shoot this tartarus with their rainbow magic and everything will be fine again!? Oh... I'm sure these mares don't even know what pain is and a real struggle for survival! They will never be in my situation and that makes me feel proud.

The ground began to shake even more violently under my feet, and somewhere in the distance I heard demonic voices and the crunching of branches, as well as falling trees. After making sure that the first group of demons flew away towards the coast, I hid behind a tree. Tilting my head to one side and pressing my hooves against a tree, I began to carefully peer into that part of the forest from where these terrifying sounds of an approaching enemy came from.

My heart accelerated the rhythm, and I did not forget to turn my head in different directions in order to notice the approaching danger in time. "Damn it! It looks like I can't avoid this battle, otherwise, this cyclops could bring a lot of trouble!" I was talking to myself, and at this moment I was trying to calculate the approximate time before the arrival of Heart Path.

If he moves without incident and possible collisions with demons, then he and two Kirin mares will arrive at my position in about seven minutes. But even if this is the case, then most likely Heart Path will already be tired by this time! And all because of the fact that he is bipedal. Although I have no doubt that Master Raiden put a set of necessary potions in the supply bag that Heart Path has.

I made a grimace and squeezed my eyes shut, and then leaned back against this tree when I noticed a huge creature in the distance, which was slightly smaller than an average tree! And next to him were two centaurs!

My nose wrinkled and I opened my eyes. Okay, now I know that there are only two centaurs with the cyclops. Well, these demons who flew away made hasty conclusions!

The ground beneath me began to shake even more violently, and the voices of the two centaurs and the cyclops became even louder.

"Raskhal, what do you think, who could send such a magical signal from the coast? Maybe we should have taken more guys? What if there's a whole army of creatures that have come to defend this land?" One of the centaurs spoke, apparently addressing his commander.

"Shut up, you, idiot! If there was an entire army there, the succubi would have informed us about it long ago! Besides, as you know, General Uzzan is now calling for new warriors. The protective layer of this planet is still holding and does not allow a full-fledged invasion. We have nothing to be afraid of! They should be afraid!" Probably it was the voice of Raskhal.

But cyclops, too, did not stay away from this "nice" conversation. "I... want... eat!" The cyclops roared, then hit one of the trees with his paw, and several broken branches flew past me!

My eyes widened with horror and understanding of my unenviable situation, but a sudden warm feeling that gives me love and hope at this moment began to warm me. From this, a slight smile appeared on my face, and a magical aura ran through my body. And so I turned into a bumblebee, flew out from behind a tree and rose to a height, to the level of the face of this monster, the cyclops!

These demons approached, already close enough and I put my feelings in order in time and was able to react before these demons passing by the tree behind which I was hiding would understand that this is a pleasant surprise for them!

No! This monster is simply huge! I have to act more effectively, although it may be risky.

Time has slowed down...

I flew up a couple of meters to the eye of this cyclops, and again using magic, I returned my true image!

The cyclops's mouth began to open in surprise, and his eye widened, while my horn was aimed at his pupil!

"Now get what you deserve, you dirty monkey!" I shouted in a furious voice, which threw two centaurs into confusion. They raised their heads with surprised faces and saw me ramming right into the cyclops' eye!

Snort!

My horn cut through his eye like butter, which caused blood and other liquid to pour on my head, but I tried to release my horn faster, as I already saw that the hands of this cyclops were approaching his eye, as he was in great pain.

"WAAAAA!!!" The cyclops howled in pain, and I flew up in time, and shook off my head, but blood was still running down my face from this cyclops.

The cyclops began to fall to his knees, and covering his lost eye with one hand, he began to wave his other hand in panic! From which he knocked down one of the centaurs, who flew off to the side and hit a tree hard, after which I heard the crunch of his bones and his body went limp.

Time has returned to its former course...

The second centaur, quickly realizing the whole dangerous situation, ran away in time, as the cyclops began to fall to the ground and probably he was already dead, since his limbs had already stopped moving.

I got down on the back of the dead cyclops again and looked threateningly at the remaining centaur.

"You, bitch!" The centaur shouted furiously and quickly turned around, and a fireball flew from his tail in my direction.

I flew up on my wings again, dodging his shots and began to concentrate my magic. But the centaur noticed this and started running from the tree trunk to the tree to hide from the effects of my magic.

But the adrenaline and this small victory spurred me to take decisive action, but I also did not miss the opportunity to gloat over this cowardly centaur. "Come to me, a mistake of nature! Queen Chrysalis will take care of you! Ha ha ha!" I shouted in a mocking voice, continuing to soar on my wings and watching the shaking ass of the centaur, who could not fit completely with his whole body to hide him behind this tree.

"Taste this ball!" The centaur shouted in the same malicious voice, and after running to the next tree, he suddenly stopped and threw another fireball in my direction.

I only mentally rolled my eyes and dodged that shot again, but it all started to bother me! I'm not a Princess of Cadence to be so easily taken. When the centaur hid behind the tree again, I did the same.

"Damn on my head!" I growled in a low voice and again shook off with my hoof, all this unpleasant mucus and blood from my mane and face. I can only imagine what color my horn is now.

I began to listen to the sounds and again used my magic to turn into a bumblebee. This turned out to be very convenient, since a small insect does not arouse suspicion. Flying out from behind a tree, I headed to the place where the centaur hid. But what I saw next made me change my plans. The centaur decided to run to the coast, so that it would be possible to catch up with these demons and unite with them in one group.

And again I used my magic, this time turning into a raven, I rushed in flight all the time maneuvering between the branches of trees, still afraid to rise higher. After a minute, I was able to catch up with the centaur running in panic, and having turned around in front of him, I turned around to regain my image again!

"AAY!!! Who are you!? Are you still waiting for gifts from me?" The centaur shouted in fright, stopping abruptly and began to turn around again to shoot out of his tail...

"Take it, you coward!" I shouted in a fit of rage and my eyes emitted a green glow, and then a ray of green magic flew out of my horn, which hit this centaur, immediately created the desired effect on it.

Centaur in a couple of seconds, covered with green slime and a dense cocoon formed on his body. The enemy has not been defeated yet, but I was able to stop him! And now, I think, for half an hour this centaur will marinate in my changeling slime and arrive in a state of suspended animation. I believe that by this time, Heart Path, along with Autumn and Fern Leaf, will have already reached this position, if they do not deviate from the route, and will take care of this "friend".

In this part of the forest, there was no such smoke from fires, but I feel that a few more hours and the fire will cover this part of the island. I need to hurry. I turned around on the spot and my eyes widened in panic!

"It looks like I got a little lost while chasing this centaur. Well, I'll have to take a chance and climb into the sky again..." But as soon as I finished my thoughts aloud, all the while carefully looking around, my ears twitched. I heard sounds in the distance... these sounds came from about the direction I was flying from.

Deciding to be wary, but not giving up hope for the best, I turned into a beetle again and flew to the nearest tree, from where I conducted my observation. I just hope that Cadence is still holding up! And I won't have to find her dead body on the shore of this island. As funny as it may sound, at this moment, but I still have a conscience. But it's not the first time I feel in my heart that I have to meet Cadence... and maybe even ask her forgiveness for the past. Although, it's not my fault that Shining turned out to be an idiot who couldn't understand that his favorite mare was just a fake. Although I won't deny that I put my charms on him. But then it turns out that my charms were stronger than Shining's love for Cadence. From what I draw conclusions, that in fact This stallion was not really in love... rather, he experienced feelings of affection, and a desire for intimacy. And perhaps he had selfish goals, because marriage with a princess is a sharp leap in his career! I may be wrong in my conclusions, but I know one thing for sure! I played my part, and tested the strength of Shining's feelings... Now I have no doubt that he will remember me for a long time.

I shook off the mane with my hoof, which began to climb into my left eye again, and tried to clear my mind of these memories. Now I have a more important task than remembering the past. That's just one name of the princess of love makes me think about my life and what connects me with Cadence.

I tried to drive away these sad thoughts and looking into this forest, I saw three silhouettes making their way between the trees. And the voices were familiar too!

"Heart Path!" I said in my thoughts, and experienced a surge of good mood and cheerfulness.

I decided that I should fly to meet my friends and at least reassure them and inform them that I am still alive and will continue my mission.

I turned into a crow and in a few seconds I was already fluttering over the trees, then I watched Heart Path, Autumn and Fern Leaf that carefully walked around the body of a dead cyclops, and the face of my beloved man was priceless.

Heart Path knelt down on one knee in front of the dead cyclops and held nose with hand, while he had clearly frightened eyes and a grimace on his face. "Ugh! I wonder who could do such a thing? To be honest, I've never seen such monsters in my life! And he looks really dangerous! I can't even imagine what would happen to us if we ran into these bad guys. Fuck, I'd probably shit myself first, and then shoot an arrow... But I see that he died precisely because he received a severe wound in his only eye!" Heart Path said and unable to stand the stench, stepped aside, still amazed and wary, he began to look around, while holding his bow firmly in his left hand, and put his right hand on a quiver with arrows.

"Look here!" Said Fern Leaf and pointed with her hoof at the dead centaur lying next to the tree. "Looks like there's been a battle here! Do we have any allies?"

Autumn went up to the body of the dead imp and made a grimace on her face. "There's another corpse here! It looks like an imp, and his head is turned one hundred and eighty degrees! How disgusting... I wonder who could have done all this? With one imp, one centaur and one cyclops!?" Autumn said, not hiding her disgust and turning away, she approached Heart Path, who was still in some kind of trance because of seeing the corpse of a cyclops.

I grinned inwardly and was horrified when, in fact, I only now began to understand what had happened a few minutes ago. At the same time, I acted decisively, putting fear aside. Because I knew perfectly well that I had to kill these demons. I fought not only for my life, but also for the lives of those whom I love or consider a possible friend. And from these reflections, a pleasant warmth appeared on my heart, which made me cry out with the voice of a bird!

And of course it did not escape the attention of my friends. Heart Path aimed his bow at me out of fright, but after that he lowered it and calmly sighed, looked at me suspiciously. "Heh... what a strange crow... a crow with green eyes." Said Heart Path and a sly smile began to appear on his face.

Autumn Blaze narrowed her eyes and looked around, but then she raised her head and saw a lonely bird sitting on the branches of trees and watching them.

"Heh! Chrysalis! If it's you, then you can stop spying on us already! Come down here!" Autumn said in a cheerful voice and put her hooves on a tree, not taking her eyes off me.

Greenish sparks appeared in my eyes and I flew off the branches, and at that moment a wave of my native magic passed through my body. "Well, how did you know it was me?" I asked and looked at my friends with joy.

Autumn and Fern Leaf made sincere, happy faces, as if I was their hope for salvation. After that, they ran up and hugged me as if I was their own sister! I didn't even expect such an attitude from a Fern Leaf, but that's how it happened. But I didn't mind and hugged them with my dirty hooves in response, pressing them to my chest. And at that moment I opened my mouth slightly and did not take my eyes off my beloved man.

"Chrysalis! You never cease to amaze me! And I honestly confess, I have a lot of respect for you!" Said Fern Leaf and looked into my eyes in a friendly way, and turned her gaze to Autumn, who literally stuck to my neck and even began to cry softly, while stroking me with her hoof.

Heart Path with a sweaty face that had soot stains and dirt on it, took off his helmet with undisguised fatigue and came up to me with a smile, stretching out his trembling hands to my neck. And of course we couldn't keep ourselves from another loving hug. "Chrissy! I've been really worried about you all this time, and I think you understand me perfectly. Is this your job?" Heart Path asked in a trembling, tired voice and looked at the dead body of the cyclop. I could hear his heart pounding in his chest. He obviously ran off-road all this time and was very tired! But, he still found the strength to show his loving care for me. He began stroking my head and neck, while removing various debris from branches and mucus from my mane, as well as the blood of this cyclop. "Damn it! Your mane and horn... There seems to be a stream nearby. Come with me and I'll help you wash up! I think Cadence is still coping, but we still shouldn't linger!" Said Heart Path and with undisguised concern carefully studied my face and lifted my dirty, bloody mane with his right hand.

I started to lower my gaze because I was a little ashamed that I, the queen, looked inappropriate in front of my beloved man. But Heart Path noticed my sadness and hurried to lift my chin with his trembling hand, and looked into my eyes.

"You shouldn't be embarrassed. I love you and appreciate you very much. And what you did to those demons... come to me, my beloved!" Said Heart Path, being in obvious shock and overwhelmed with emotions and feelings for me.

A tear rolled down from his eye, which began to wash away the soot from his right cheek, but he did not disdain my bloody face and pressed his lips to mine. "Mmmm..." He kissed me hard and hugged me around the neck, and of course I was not against his loving and caring attitude towards me. I love him because, not for the first time, he has already demonstrated that he is ready to accept me for who I am.

I closed my eyes and surrendered to this moment, accepting love from Heart Path. Autumn and Fern Leaf, all this time treated us with understanding, so they gave us the opportunity to get a soothing caress for each other. But at that moment they themselves took up positions in such a way as to conduct constant surveillance and in time to notice the danger or a new signal from the coast, which should be given by Cadence.

Slowly, I freed myself from the loving embrace with Heart Path and sighed several times, looked into his face with special gratitude. "Thank you, Heart Path. But now, I don't mind if you help me wash a little in that stream! Otherwise, I'm going to an official meeting with Princess Cadence, and I need to look more... heh!" I started to turn my hoof in the air, but I couldn't help smiling and laughing a little.

"If you're joking, that's good. But let's not linger." Said Heart Path in a cheerful voice, but when he got up, he hurried to look around.

Autumn turned her head and looked at us with a serious look. "Hurry up with your water treatments! Damn it! That's not why we came here! And at any moment, we may be attacked by demons!" Autumn said and shook her head with a grimace, expressing her apprehension.

That's what we did. And when Heart Path help me to wash away all this dirt and blood, bringing me not in perfect order, but it was much better. He looked again at the part of the forest from where all this smoke could be seen, as the forest fire is gradually approaching the edge of the forest near the coast.

He looked at the water in the stream, and then seriously examined my face and mane. This caused me a little confusion, but something told me that he got the idea.

"Listen, Chrissy. What I'm going to do with your mane now, you may not like it, and it will be a little harder for you to breathe, but it should help you when flying through a smoky area." Said Heart Path and looked expectantly into my eyes.

But I began to understand his plan. "Yes... I agree with you. Do it with my mane!" I said in a resolute voice, but without waiting for an answer, I lowered my head into this stream myself.

So I soaked my mane with water, and when I raised my head, Heart Path hurried to gently wrap my mane around my face, thereby covering my nose. Heh... The respirator from my mane turned out to be careless, of course, but it was better than nothing at all. I could still speak, but it became a little harder to breathe. Although it was the wet mane that gave me some relief when breathing.

Heart Path once again carefully looked at my face, and tightened the knots of the mane on the back of my head. "It's better this way."

Autumn ran up to us and thoroughly examined my new image. "Hmm... and this should really help..." But before she could finish speaking, a warning sound was heard from the shore! Cadence is still holding out and waiting for our help!

Whoosh! Explosion!

We all looked up at the sky towards the coast...

There was the same horror in the sky, but what we saw made us act again! And act without delay! Another shot from Cadence, but this time she fired a signal arrow, which caused a small firework of red lights to form in the sky above the trees. But it was still far away, however, we breathed a little calmly from the realization that Cadence was still alive and waiting for help from us.

Heart Path, continuing to watch this light show in the sky, decided to attract my attention. "Looks like we need to hurry up! Faster! Chrysalis..." But he didn't have time to finish with his serious voice.

It took less than a minute after Cadence gave her second signal and we again heard a terrible howl in the forest! As well as the trampling of several pairs of hooves, which may have belonged to centaurs. My eyes widened with horror and the full realization that we are in an unenviable position.

Autumn reacted first. "Chrysalis! You must fly to the rescue, Cadence! And we will try to detain these bastards, no matter how many of them there are..." Autumn Blaze finished her words and furiously lowered her horn in the direction of the approaching opponents.

Fern Leaf did the same. And Heart Path put on his helmet again, took out an arrow and hiding behind a tree, aimed his battle bow. In the forest between the trees, the silhouettes of three centaurs and two flying imps appeared. I also got ready for battle and also hid behind a tree next door to Heart Path.

But Heart Path, seeing me and my resolute face and slightly twitching eye from the stress experienced, only shook his head in displeasure. "Chrissy! Please, fly to save Cadence! You don't have to worry about us. We will distract these bastards and also head towards this signal. But first we have a few of them... we will demoralize them with our surprise attack due to an ambush and try to lead them away from this route. Come on, Chrysalis! Don't make me take a desperate step!" Said Heart Path and, closing his eyes, moved his lips, uttering pleading words, as well as a promise of love.

Autumn ran behind the tree where I hid and sternly looked into my eyes. "Chrysalis. You are our hope! But, Cadence needs your help more now than we do! There are three of us here, and she's all alone!" Autumn said in a determined voice and shook my shoulders with her hooves, causing a dirty mane to fall over my eyes. But she finally managed to reach my clouded consciousness.

"BRRR!" I shook my head and shook off the panic. "Thank you Autumn. You..." I looked at my friends with gratitude. "You also give me hope!" I said in a low voice and then looked sharply at the sky and jumped up on my hooves and rushed to gain altitude.

And here I am again flying in my true form, and the closer I get to the shore, the more I start to suffocate from the smoke! And most likely, if it wasn't for my homemade respirator, I would have already fainted and crashed! There's a real tartarus here! The fire gradually crept up to the edge of the forest and from this my eyes began to water. Magical lightning flashed in the sky, and the outlines of three skulls of blood-red clouds never ceased to remind us that we are not at a resort here.

I started coughing violently and tried to lower the height, but it was useless! However, I still went down between the trees, and in front of me was a large clearing that had not yet been touched by a forest fire. "I can't do it anymore..." I moaned in a painful voice and crawled through this clearing with high-growing grass, trying to hide from the eyes of demons and this smoke burning my lungs! "Khe... Khaa...Aah..." I lay down, pressed to the ground, and hurried to untangle the mane from my face... After that, I couldn't resist throwing up.

Suddenly, the loud trumpeting sound of thunder resounded in the sky again! As if, every time, he had to give a signal to the beginning of new disasters for this piece of land. The sound was so loud and terrible that it began to pass through my body, and I pressed my hooves to my ears, but it didn't help.

Finally I was able to catch my breath and the thunder in the sky stopped, but after that, my ears pressed against the back of my head, from the shame that I am experiencing now! I hope no one finds out about this. This terrible sound in the sky made me wet the ground I was lying on!

I pressed my hooves to my eyes to give myself at least one minute of respite and put all these sad thoughts aside. "Oooh..." I sighed several times and, removing my hooves from my face, looked seriously in front of the next section of the forest, which is just in front of the shore.

"I'm almost there!" I shouted, completely ignoring the possible danger. And standing on hooves, I ran straight through the middle of this clearing towards the forest.

Then my path will be only on the ground. My dirty mane and tail fluttered in the wind, and the hooves, which had already missed this free gallop, were grateful to me, which made me feel like adrenaline mixed with new sensations. It was a pleasant fatigue, which gives even more hope for my success in this mission. I believed that I could overcome any difficulties on my way. But while I was running through this wide clearing, and only occasionally looking around to detect danger in time, I began to analyze again.

A countdown has started in my brain! And this is completely unexpected for me! I can't even explain it, but I clearly felt it. Less than five minutes left. That's what my heart told me. The pounding of my heart, as well as the rhythm, matched the pounding of my hooves, which worked for my body, not sparing themselves at all and left clouds of dust behind me!

"Cadence, just hold on! I'll be arriving soon!" I said to myself, to give cheerfulness.

Finally, when I reached the forest area, I slowed down my pace a little, as the ground shook under my hooves again, and three fiery flashes flashed in the sky. I stopped for a few seconds to catch my breath and observe this phenomenon in the sky.

There in the sky, three flying dots appeared, which, leaving a trail of fire, rushed down to the coast.

"Ooh... Not that! Damn succubi!" I said without hiding my angry and indignant mood, and my eyes widened with horror and the realization that if these demons find Cadence...

I swallowed the lump that rolled up to my throat and took a few deep breaths, trying to concentrate and push bad thoughts aside. And here I am again running through this forest, but in the distance between the trees and bushes, I could already see the sea... But when I looked up at the sky again, between the treetops, I stopped abruptly and hid behind the nearest tree. After that, a magical aura passed through my body and I turned into a bug again. Slowly crawling over, I stopped and began to watch as one of the succubi landed at high speed in this part of the forest. And I seem to guess her plans. But I need to be extremely careful, because I fully understand that succubi are much more dangerous than the same centaurs or imps!

Thick smoke formed from under the hooves of this succubus, which began to hide her from sight, and I carefully watched what would happen next. But what I saw a few seconds later made me mentally experience tension. Cadence... I saw her run into this forest in a panic, and then stopped and hid behind a tree, began to watch the coast.

Cadence... Poor Cadence! She looked as if she had been put through the torments of tartarus, and yet she was alive, but her face was filled with distraught features, as well as fear. My heart was squeezed with pain, just from the fact that I have a very good idea of what this pampered princess went through! She put on her armor and took a weapon in her hooves, and most likely thought that this would be more than enough. But she couldn't even begin to suspect that she would have to fight for her life while killing someone. Even if they are demons. I doubt that she has any experience in this. But I have no doubt that she is not a simple alicorn. Celestia was able to raise and train her.

A few seconds later, the succubus appeared behind Cadence. The world turned upside down in my mind when I started in a panic, going through all the possible moves of the opponent, as well as my moves. But again this warm feeling appeared in my soul. It even seemed to me that I could hear an inner voice that urges me not to lose hope, and most importantly, not to act rashly!

Cadence turned around and saw a succubus in front of her, who was still emitting smoke from under her hooves. Her mouth opened slightly, and her eyes were in utter horror from what she saw. She began to back away until she rested her ass against a tree, still looking at this demoness, as if she was in a trance, but now she realizes that she may have made a mistake.

"Hmm... an interesting specimen! But my sisters and I don't care who to have fun with!" The succubus hissed, and then directed her hand at her, radiating magic, using one of the mean spells.

A second later, magical chains formed on Cadence's wings. Cadence's face turned angry and she pointed her horn towards the succubus... but this demoness reacted quickly. The succubus quickly jumped up to Cadence and hit her in the jaw with her hand.

"AAH!!!" Cadence screamed in pain and fell on her side.

But the succubus just grinned and picked up Cadence's body, then threw her to the coast! I... I can only imagine what kind of pain Cadence is experiencing right now. And sympathy, as well as respect for her, increases by the minute.

I waged a mental struggle inside myself and watched as a succubus flew out of the forest to the coast. Well, I should fly closer too. That's what I did, but now... I have to get ready for a fight... and perhaps not even for life, but for death! But I still feel the influx of magical concentration, so I returned to my true form and hid behind a tree, watching as three succubi surrounded poor Cadence.

"If only everything would work out!" I said through my teeth, but when I saw Cadence dodging the whips that whipped through the air with a whoosh and crack, trying to hurt the poor pony, I started biting my hoof, and there were tears in my eyes.

I removed my hoof, and real rage began to appear on my face! But I've seen things I wouldn't have believed until this day! Cadence, completely disregarding the consequences, smiled and even played with these demons, constantly dodging the blows of their whips!

"Cadence..." I whispered, and at that moment one of the succubi fired a fiery arrow at the exhausted Cadence!

Cadence screamed as a magical projectile hit her side, but her armor was still playing its part. However, her painful cry... I won't forget it for a long time.

I pressed my back against a tree and breathed through my nose often, but there was a grimace on my face, I was furious. My eyes... I felt my eyes fill with bloody rage and thirst for revenge! Taking a deep breath, I began to concentrate on magic. I have a plan!

When I had put enough energy into my magic spell, I peeked out from behind the tree again. My eyes were able to quickly remember what I saw. The three succubi approached the recumbent Cadence with mock slowness. Cadence herself at that moment looked as if she was saying goodbye to her life! She desperately shifted her gaze from her battle bow, which was lying not far from her, to these succubi. She no longer thought about saving her life. It was written on her face only how much she was willing to give her life for! It was despair, which I felt perfectly.

Suddenly, madness mixed with hysteria rushed into my consciousness. And without hesitation, I aimed my horn at the extreme succubus, after which my magic flowed with a beam and hit this succubus!

After a couple of seconds, the body of this succubus was covered with my mucus and a cocoon formed. The other two succubi immediately turned in my direction. But I'm not a fool and hid behind a tree in time. A few seconds later, I heard a terrifying, painful howl. And I have no doubt that Cadence has also made an attempt to reduce the number of opponents!

Pressing my back against a tree and breathing through my teeth and nostrils, I closed my eyes, and there was a special mantra in my thoughts!

Concentration... Faith... Hope... Love!

I opened my eyes, at that moment several butterflies were flying past me. I smiled and a magical aura passed through my body. And so, I turned into a butterfly, flew out of this forest. I saw one of the succubi in my cocoon, the second one was turned into a pile of ashes. Cadence, well done! And here is the third succubus, pressed Cadence's body and began to strangle her!

While I was flying along with other butterflies towards this succubus, I saw how she relaxed her grip on the neck of the exhausted Cadence.

"I feel that in the depths of your soul there are lustful desires and a lot of fantasies. Give me this lust and feed me this energy, and in return I will not torment your body, and you will die quickly!" The succubus whispered in a threatening voice and baring her fangs, she began to put pressure on Cadence's throat again.

But at that moment I had already decided everything for myself. And how I will act. Cold and calculating! I flew behind the back of this succubus and took on my image again.

Time has slowed down...

My left hoof grabbed this succubus by the jaw, and my right hoof clung tightly to the back of his head.

CRUNCH!

Time has returned to its course...

A second later, her demonic face was turned 180 degrees to me, after which her body went limp and she fell on her side. I looked at the corpse of this succubus with an insidious smile on my face. "If you need lust so badly, you could come to me for it!" I said in a mocking voice and kicked the succubus's body with my hoof. I slowly turned my face and looked at the thrice-frightened Cadence. "Welcome to our party, Cadence!" I said with a smile on my face and stretched out my hoof to help her up.

Yes, I play with her a little. But I still hardly believe that we will meet face to face under such circumstances! And that's why I would like to see her not as an enemy, but as a friend! And maybe even own sister...

Poor Cadence... she looked more than terrible at that moment. The mane is burned in places, there are burns on the neck and hooves. Especially on the hooves! Blood was seeping through her hair covering. And the title of princess for her, now clearly does not fit. But this is what makes show her respect and more than sincerity of feelings and sympathy. So I resolutely threw away my pride, and looked into the eyes of this pony as if we were relatives. But I could hardly keep myself from crying, looking at Cadence. I wanted to hug her, but I'm afraid she won't understand me or will be afraid of my actions, mistaking them for cunning.

But Cadence looked gratefully into my face and held out her hoof. "Thank you... Chrysalis..." She said in a grateful voice, and then I helped her up. But after that, I waved my hoof and cautiously looked behind the back of the one I once despised, and now I'm ready to take care of her as my own sister.

The succubus I had enchanted into a cocoon was now trying to break out of it! But a thought popped into my head and I looked into Cadence's face. "Tell me, Cadence, would you like to take revenge on this demon for all the suffering they caused you? You could have died!" I said, and looked questioningly into Cadence's eyes, and at that moment my horn shone with a green, magical aura.

But Cadence surprised me again! She sadly lowered her head, afraid to look into my eyes and sighed. "I don't have to take revenge..." She said in a low voice, but I noticed how her body was trembling with fear. She's obviously gone through a lot of things during this time that can calmly drive you crazy.

With the help of magic, I lifted her battle bow and extracted one of the arrows from the quiver hanging from her belt. "I thought so." I said in a calm voice and pulled the string of this bow, loading an arrow into it. Three seconds later, I shot an arrow into the cocoon.

When this arrow hit the cocoon, there was an explosion, which caused pieces of demon flesh and mucus from my cocoon to fly on our faces. I just calmly wiped my face with a hoof, but Cadence...

Cadence's face started turning green, and not just from my slime. She ran a few steps towards the sea and tilted her head. "Bleeee... Bleeee! Kha... Khaa... Ahakha..."

Yes... quite so. She started to vomit, which made a grin appear on my face, and I was in high spirits from such a pleasant meeting with the princess of love. So I went up to her and put her battle bow in her case hanging on her belt. Heh, it's a very unusual combination, but I wouldn't say it's bad. A pink, pampered princess, in armor.

While Cadence was trying to squeeze out the remnants of all the food she had consumed in the palace, I decided to give her a friendly pat on the back with my hoof. "Cadence, are you pregnant? Wow! Congratulations! And who is the father of the future foal?" I said without hiding my joking mood.

Cadence finished her business, wiped her mouth with a bloody hoof and looked at me with a serious face. "Just fuck off, Chrysalis! Unlike you, my pussy has not yet produced a dozen foals, or, in your case, larvae!" Cadence replied, in the same joking manner.

"The true words of gratitude for your salvation came from the Princess of Love herself!" I said and pouted my lips to show my feigned indignation.

But after a few seconds we could not stand it and started laughing loudly and sincerely! We laughed a little, but clearly understood that we could not be in this place for a long time. However, as we hurried towards the woods, I noticed that Cadence had a thoughtful face. And I understand her perfectly. Right now, there are a lot of questions spinning in her head, and this is considering that her psyche has most likely suffered during this short time while she is on this island. Heh... probably Heart Path will have to spend some time with her to calm down Cadence. But I will be there at this moment. And I believe that the magic spring in the shelter should help with this problem. Cadence is really hurt, and I'm just surprised that she doesn't show her pain now. Most likely it's adrenaline.

I decided to break the silence a bit and talk to Cadence. "It's time for us to leave! Follow me and I will show you the way. But remember, we must not fly into the sky, otherwise we will be noticed by many demons that may be nearby and you already know perfectly well what this can lead to consequences and create a lot of trouble! While I was in a hurry to you help, all the time I had to hide and disguise myself as various birds and insects. That is how I was able to fly to this part of the island. But excuse me for not being able to do this earlier. You really ended up far from our shelter... ten kilometers. And answering your not asked question, I will tell you: Yes, I know that it was you who were sent to help us. And in general, I know your whole plan, since Heart Path could not resist my sweet tortures!" I made a sly grin on face. "Our mutual friends named Autumn Blaze and Fern Leaf, went to the rescue when they saw flashes of fireworks in the sky. But the road to your approximate position was truly dangerous, and most importantly far! Therefore, I persuaded Heart Path so that I could go to your aid using my wings and the ability to disguise myself, turning into animals and birds. It was very important to come to your aid, as I clearly understood that most likely you will have troubles in the first minutes of your stay on this island. And this is if you do not take into account the multiple pockets of fire and smoke in these forests!" I said in a calm voice, because from the first minutes I wanted to win the confidence of Cadence.

Of course, the rare smoke from the burning forest still brought trouble, which made it frankly difficult to breathe. But it wasn't fatal. However, I saw that Cadence was trying to drive away this burning smell from herself using her wings. But after that, she overtook me and stood in front of me, which surprised and alarmed me a little, since now there is clearly no time to stand and have a nice conversation! Nevertheless, I stopped and looked questioningly at Cadence.

"Chrysalis... your words really make sense and... I once again want to sincerely thank you for saving me. But I have something for you!" She said in a passionate and loving voice, after that she started kissing me on the lips!

"MMMFMMM..." Cadence began to kiss me passionately, penetrating my mouth with her tongue, wrapped her hooves around my neck and began to massage my back erotically! And of course, I was shocked by such behavior on the part of this mare, with whom I once had a feud! But then I relaxed and also got into the taste, completely surrendering to this sweet moment. Although, after that, I will have a serious, and maybe even a nice conversation with Cadence.

After a few seconds, we broke our embrace and both were breathing heavily and did not take their eyes off each other. I raised my right eyebrow, still experiencing a whirlwind of various feelings and emotions. "Well, what was that? You were now able to surprise me and I would really like Celestia to watch us at this moment! Maybe she could join..." I said in a joking manner, while clearly imagining what kind of face Celestia would have! Heh...

But Cadence was able to surprise me again. She smiled sincerely, and there were sparks of love in her eyes. "This is Shining's hello to you!" Cadence said in a cheerful voice and carefully watched my reaction.

And I really didn't keep myself waiting long. A grimace appeared on my face, from the memories in which I had intimate intimacy with this stallion. Cadence noticed this and her expression became a little confused.

"Actually, I also have something to pass on to Shining! But I don't want to kick you in the face." I said without hiding my indignation and partly contempt.

Cadence's ears twitched nervously, and she swallowed the lump that rolled up to her throat. "Actually, you can give him whatever you want, and do it in person, since Shining will appear on this island in four days! But... I wouldn't want you to beat my husband!" Cadence said, squinting her eyes and menacingly nuzzled her nose into my nose. But after she saw my impenetrable face, her gaze softened. "I'm sorry. I suggest closing this topic..." But she didn't have time to finish.

My ears twitched nervously and I got up on my hooves again and looked deep into the forest. Because of the sparse smoke, it was almost impossible to see someone in that direction, but I distinctly heard voices and the sound of hooves. And they clearly didn't belong to our friends!

"Cadence! Follow me, quickly! We need to hide!" I said through my teeth and without waiting for an answer, I ran deep into the forest, only slightly deviating from the route so that we would not be ambushed.

"Damn it!" Cadence cursed and used magic to pull out her battle bow.

Cadence, continuing to hold the battle bow with her telekinesis, ran after me, but when I turned around to make sure that she was not lagging behind, I noticed how she was running... Poor Cadence, with a grimace on her face, overcoming the pain, ran after me, but at the same time began to limp. Apparently, her state of shock gradually disappeared, and now she began to feel pain.

I looked ahead of me again, all the while maneuvering between trees and large thickets of bushes that Cadence and I were just flying over. But I have no doubt that if we could hear the demons, then they heard us too.

I stopped and looked at the small ravine in front of me. "Jump after me!" I said in a determined voice.

And now Cadence and I were sitting huddled together and pressing our backs into a small earthen depression in this ravine. But some tree roots stuck out of the ground and made us a little uncomfortable. We exchanged glances with each other and sat with bated breath and listened to the sounds.

"Hey! Hurry up! A bunch of idiots... these two bitches are somewhere nearby! They couldn't have run far. And if they start flying again, our succubi will notice it and will chase them. Heh... I want to avenge my brother's death, Raskhala!"

"Em... maybe we should go back to camp after all? Did you see what happened to this cyclops and our two guys? And this is not to mention the imp who lies near the stream and his head is turned 180 degrees! There's something strange going on here and I wouldn't want to be at a disadvantage. Suzerd, actually threw up when he saw that imp!"

"I will repeat once again that I don't like it!"

The pounding of several pairs of hooves gradually stopped, as did the voices, and apparently these bastards left to look for the two bitches who had caused them trouble. But my heart beat faster with excitement, I looked into the eyes of Cadence, who had been sitting and trembling all this time. "Cadence... calm down. We need to move on and be careful. I'm worried about Heart Path! What if something bad happened to our friends?! In the end, Heart Path, Autumn Blaze and Fern Leaf remained in that part of the forest..." I pointed my hoof in the approximate direction. "They stayed behind to detain one of the demon groups! And if it was the same centaurs that just passed..." Panic began to appear on my face and Cadence noticed it.

But without waiting for an answer, I jumped on my hooves with undisguised rage on my face and ran along this ravine. Cadence understood my hints and started to catch up with me, completely forgetting about the pain in her hooves.

After about five minutes, we found ourselves in the same clearing that I had crossed some time ago. We ran at a fast gallop, leaving the dust that had risen from under our hooves. When we were already in the middle of this wide clearing, the sound of a trumpet and several red lightning bolts sounded in the sky again. Cadence and I slowed down our running and watched with horror before our eyes what was happening in this sky!

"What kind of horror is this?" Cadence said in a slow voice, continuing to watch as three huge stones flew from the sky to this island, which at the same time burned with green flames!

I quickly came to my senses and looked again in the direction of the forest, where we needed to run, and then I looked at Cadence again and started shaking her with my hooves. "Cadence! Now is not the time to be in a trance! Hurry up! We need to run, and hope that no harm has happened to our friends! Autumn Blaze has to figure out how to send a signal, but they can't be convinced that we are somewhere nearby!" I said through my teeth in an angry voice. But it worked.

Cadence shook her head, and then looked at me seriously. "I can use one of my signal arrows! But this will probably only complicate things and we will attract all the demons to us again!" Cadence said, trying to shout over the sound of thunder.

"Damn!" I said feeling complete despair and lowered my eyes. "We have no choice. We have to give a signal and hide nearby in this part of the forest. And then we have to hope that our friends will come to our aid."

Cadence hurried to get an arrow from her quiver and loaded it into her battle bow, after which her horn sent a magical spark to the wick. "It definitely won't get any worse! Cadence said in a confident voice and released the taut bowstring.

A few seconds later, an explosion was heard in the sky and fireworks from a dozen red lights clearly notified all living beings in this part of the island that we are still alive! And we will continue our fight for our lives!

But, a few seconds later, one of the flying fire stones changed its flight path and headed straight in our direction! "Cadence! It looks like our problems just got even bigger! LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" I shouted in panic and rushed in a fast gallop towards the forest, while not forgetting to look around in time to notice a possible signal from Autumn.

After a few seconds, Cadence and I, ignoring all fears, took off on our wings, but at the same time tried not to climb higher than the trees. But the sound of a rapidly flying stone on this clearing, began to drive me crazy. At the same time, Cadence got curious again. She stopped and hiding behind a tree began to watch as this burning stone approaches and in the next few seconds there will be a collision!

But I'm also frankly tired, so with a grimace on my face, I also hid behind a tree. "Cadence! You're a fool!" I said in an indignant voice while trying to regain my breath.

About three hundred meters from our position, a huge boulder burning with green flames fell on this very clearing!

EXPLOSION!!!

The ground under our hooves began to shake convulsively! But our eyes were horrified by what we had just seen!

The blast wave began to approach us! And a stone monster rose from the formed crater! The Inferno Golem, emitting a roar and a terrifying screech that can drive you crazy, looked in our direction. His head and limbs were still burning with the same green flame! It was a horror mixed with a desire to destroy everything in its path.

"Fuck!" I shouted, and with the only thought that we would all come to an end, I pushed Cadence with my hooves and ran into the depths of this forest.

Cadence flew after me... but at that moment, the blast wave covered us.

I was thrown several meters away and fell next to a tree. My ears were ringing and my vision was blurred. I saw how much Cadence hit her side against this tree! And then her unconscious body fell next to me.

I started crawling towards her, experiencing severe pain in my ribs. And when I stretched out my hoof to her, I tried to speak, but I didn't hear my voice, but only the slow pounding of my heart. After a few seconds, the fog in my eyes intensified and I lost consciousness, putting my chin on Cadence's neck.

An unknown amount of time has passed.

My consciousness was slowly returning, and I felt a little dizzy. Someone gently stroked my neck and I slowly opened my eyes. It looks like I was lying on the bed, and I was already in the shelter. The room had a light illumination from a crystal in the ceiling. But it wasn't our room. Hmm... I may have been placed in the infirmary. Heart Path was sitting in front of my bed. His head was lowered and he couldn't see my eyes open. But I noticed tears running down his cheeks. He was no longer wearing his armor. And at that moment he was slowly and gently stroking my neck with his shaking hand.

With difficulty, but I was able to smile, and after that my hoof rose and touched the chest of Heart Path. "I love you too." I said in a low, painful voice.

Heart Path slowly raised his head and a slight smile appeared on his face. "I'm glad you finally regained consciousness. It's been hours since we brought you and Cadence to the shelter. Raiden helped treat your wounds. But Cadence..." Heart Path spoke in a slow and tired voice.

My heart was restless and I hurried to get up, but I felt pain in my ribs. "What about Cadence?" I said and made a painful grimace on my face.

Heart Path looked at me worriedly and hurried to put me back on the bed. "Calm down, Chrissy. You need to save your strength now and try to move less! The ointment and potion from some herbs that Raiden smeared on you, in the area of the ribs, will work, but slowly. It looks like you were able to get a crack in the bones of your ribs when you fell. I'm not a doctor, of course, but that's what Raiden said. He's with Cadence now. She woke up about an hour ago, but her condition... you know very well yourself. And now she also has a dislocated wing." Said Heart Path, but seeing a lot of curiosity on my face, he decided to give his answers. "Yes... we've seen it all. We noticed your signal, but we were about half a kilometer from your position. We had to hide all the time. But when we saw what was flying from the sky to this poor earth..."

Heart Path made glassy eyes and swallowed a lump in his throat. "If I survive, I won't be surprised or scared anymore! When he fell into the center of this clearing, the blast wave reached us in a few seconds! But we jumped into the ravine in time, so we were able to survive and find you and Cadence. Autumn was able to explain to me that it was Golem Inferno. One of the three who fell on this island. But she, too, experienced not a little fear, as well as Fern Leaf. The Inferno golem began to slowly walk towards you, all the while shaking this earth and creating a strong rumble and leaving burning grass behind! We ran as fast as we could, trying to find you and Cadence in time. My heart was in pain and suffering. I almost died of fright! And while this Golem was slowly walking towards the forest that we ran into, Fern Leaf noticed two lying bodies near a tree. After that, without hesitation, Autumn and Fern Leaf took your bodies with the help of magic, and we hurried to escape. I've been on my feet all this time, thanks only to the endurance potion that Raiden gave me... But right now, I feel like if I lay down on the bed..."

I decided to interrupt the thoughts of my beloved man and put my hooves on his mouth, from which he looked at me questioningly. "Please, Heart Path, lie down next to me and rest. I'll feel safer this way." I said in a low voice and looked lovingly into the eyes of Heart Path, and only then I removed my hoof.

Heart Path smiled again and looked at me with the same love. "Yes, my queen. I love you too!"

And so, now I was lying in the same bed with my beloved man and received affection and a lot of kisses from him.

"Heh! I'm curious to know how you would punish me and Sienna for our penalty points!?" I said with a slight smile looking into the eyes of Heart Path.

But Heart Path couldn't stand it either and laughed. "Hahah! I'm glad you're getting better!"

Author's Note

Greetings to all readers!

That's the end of the storyline of Chrysalis in the first person, which consists of two parts.

The story continues its life, and the plot acquires a wider scale and character development. In this chapter, Chrysalis went through her difficult path, but in the end, having experienced all the hardships and emotional upheavals, she was able to fulfill her mission and find Cadence. Of course, not without the help of those who love her. And it was the high feeling of love that always triumphed over fear and panic and forced these characters to fight for their lives.

In the next chapter, I will continue to describe the plot, returning again to Heart Path POV. And finally, the plot leaves a lot of questions that I will gradually give answers to. I'm glad that Cadence was finally able to join this funny company. But how will Cadence interact with Heart Path? After all, she still has to give him messages from Celestia and Luna, as well as from Trixie! And if you haven't forgotten, then she will have to kiss him three whole times! Hahah. I wonder how Chrysalis will react to this?!

Well, I'm saying goodbye to you until the next chapter!