Author's Note

In case you couldn't tell, (though I doubt you didn't) I'm improvising this story one chapter at a time. As such, I've kind of just relegated this chapter to being a massive exposition dump. Apologies if it's boring as there is very little movement or change of scenery and a lot of speaking.

But now is

"So let me get this straight;" Scarlet began. "You two used to date?"

Anon looked over at Twilight, love clear in his gaze. He reached down and picked up one of her hooves, placing it between his hands, rubbing it lovingly.

"Yup. She was and still is the love of my life. But since she'll live much longer than me, we knew we couldn't build a life together. After many restless nights and lots of counciling from Cadance, we came to accept our situation and move on."

"That's... actually very sad." Scarlet responded. "Have all the princesses had to do that?"

Twilight shook her head. "Luna's never been in a relationship, and as the Princess of Love, Cadance has a unique insight into love and won't be as affected by my brother's passing as other ponies would."

"And Celestia?"

"She actually had experienced that heartbreak relatively recently. But her circumstance was very unique and very dangerous."

Scarlet sat, absorbing the information.

I thought the princesses got everything they wanted.

"I guess my last question is, why 'Big Mama'?"

Twilight withdrew her hoof from Anon's hands and used it to cover her mouth as she giggled.

"It was his idea. After I grew taller he came to me and said 'Looks like I can't call you baby girl anymore. I'm gonna have to start calling you Big Mama.'"

"Let's just say a couple friends overheard it and it stuck," Anon concluded.

"But!" Twilight began. "Enough about the past. The mood in here was weird enough before all of that. So, what's so urgent you needed to see me and what does it have to do with our little changeling friend here?"

Scarlet felt her heart drop like a ton of bricks.

"You can tell she's a changeling?" Anon asked before Scarlet could.

Twilight giggled once again. "Well, duh! An even moderately thaumatically gifted unicorn could sense all the love magic she's pouring out. What did you do to her, you naughty boy? Or maybe I should ask, what didn't you do to her?" Twikight's eyes lidded as she licked her chops.

Nyx above, she's as bad as he is, isn't she?

"Twiggy..."

Twilight turned to Anon, concern filled her face. "Anon... you haven't called me that in years. What's wrong?"

Anon took Twilight's hoof again. He started into her big eyes. His own were full of doubt, suddenly not confident this was the right decision.

"You know I love you, and you know I love your little ponies as well. I would never do anything to harm them."

Twilight laughed nervously. "Of course, Anon. You have the most love to give out of anypony I've met. You're starting to worry me. Just tell me what's wrong."

"Show her, Scarlet."

"WHAT!? You can't be serious!"

Anon whipped his head towards the changeling. "I'm dead serious! Now drop it this instant."

Scarlet was quaking, but she couldn't deny him. She let out a quivering sigh. "As you wish."

Green flames erupted from underneath her body and traveled upwards, cloaking her in a layer of green before revealing her true body. Chrysalis stared at the pair across from her, bracing for the inevitable blast of destruction magic heading her way.

"You're not Chrysalis."

Chrysalis was Chrysalis.

At least, that's what Chrysalis thought.

"Sparkle, I know your pink and blue friends do so love their practical jokes, but I for one find that a frivolous waste of time. Now get it over with and finish me."

"Well for one thing, if you were actually the Queen of the Changelings, you wouldn't just be standing there waiting to die. Your instincts are too strong for that."

Chrysalis rolled her eyes. "Do you think so little of me that I could not accept my death with dignity?"

"Precisely!" Twilight stated, as if it was simply a fact. "Second, your ass is way too fat and juicy. Chrysalis is much more scrawny. And third, you're positively overflowing with love. Even a drone with that much love could overpower me, yet you haven't even tried."

"As if! I've been near starving for years to go undetected. I probably don't even have enough magic to lift a cup off a table. "

After Chrysalis had spoke, Twilight's horn went alight. A bright lavender flash went off in the center of the room, and between the three individuals stood a small table with a silver tray and tea set atop it.

"Then try." Twilight Sparkle demanded rather plainly. It seemed she was rather peeved by the lie she believed she was hearing.

Chrysalis looked over at Anon, unsure and anxious. Anon just shrugged.

"Don't look at me! Do what the mare says!"

Chrysalis looked at the tea set before her and focused, attempting to levitate one of the teacups. Instead of her horn being engulfed in an aura of green, the upper half of her horn itself began to glow a bright white. The teacup was shrouded in a white fog and began to rise. Except, the cup didn't just rise, it all but rocketed upwards faster than anyone's eyes could track. A loud thud and crack rang out through the room. Dust and gravel fell to the ground from the ceiling above, and when the denizens looked up, they saw the teacup lodged into the solid marble ceiling.

Twilight, Anon, and Chrysalis all stared with wide eyes at the cup above.

"The fuck!? She said to lift it! Not turn it into a fucking cannonball!" Anon yelled.

Chrysalis' head snapped to her paramour. "That's what I did!" She exclaimed. "Or, at least that's what I tried to do..."

Twilight walked towards Chrysalis and slowly began circling her, eyeing her up and down like she was being appraised.

"Fascinating. I've never seen changeling magic like that before. It felt so... pure."

As Twilight circled to Chrysalis' flanks, her horn went alight once again and she gripped the changeling's massive ass within her magic. Chrysalis yelped and kicked her legs as her lower half was lifted off the ground.

"Hold still, you overgrown bug."

Chrysalis stopped moving and huffed indignantly. She felt Twilight's magic dig into her glutes and stretch her rear end.

If she could see behind her, she would've seen Twilight lick her chops like a hungry wolf.

"Your chitin is uncharacteristically malleable. Almost like regular mammal skin, but..." Twilight summoned a knife into the area before her and slowly brought it towards Chrysalis' flanks. A light tap could be heard as the tip of the knife made contact with Chrysalis' ass. "It becomes hard again when coming in contact with something sharp."

Chrysalis' eyes widened. "DO YOU JUST STAB MY ASS ON THE OFF-CHANCE IT WOULDN'T GO THROUGH, YOU FUCKING WORM!?"

Twilight dug a hoof into her ringing ear and scratched. "Inside voice, please. Also, rude." She stopped the flow of magic and Chrysalis lost her balance as her lower half dropped to the ground, causing her to wobble. The knife flashed out of existence.

"Also, I didn't base it off nothing. When I grabbed you with my magic I could feel a current flowing through your chitin. It's very similar to adolescent dragon scales."

Twilight continued her walk around the changeling.

"There's also no doubt you're Chrysalis. I've had enough run-ins with you to recognize your thaumatic signature, but there's still something off about it that I can't quite put a hoof on."

Twilight went over to and sat back down next to Anon.

"So why haven't you tried to kill me yet?" Asked Twilight.

Chrysalis couldn't answer. For all intents and purposes she had the princess dead to rights. The only other person in the room was Anon, and even the princess seemed to believe Chrysalis could easily overpower her.

"I... I don't know?"

"Hmmmm..." Twilight put a hoof under her muzzle and thought. "Something's definitely wrong. Anon, tell me exactly everything that happened."

Anon scratched his head. "Well, I went down to the Salted Rim to find a mare to put my shmooves on," he started.

Twilight rolled her eyes.

"Needless to say, I succeeded. I brought her back to the castle and laid down the pipe like Super Mario."

"Who?" Asked Chrysalis

"Don't ask," replied Twilight.

"And then... nothing. I passed out, she passed out, and we slept till morning."

"Just one round?" Inquired Twilight.

"Well... yeah? I was kinda boozed up and I got pretty aggressive."

Chrysalis bit her lip. "Yeah you did..."

"Psssh HAH!" Twilight guffawed. "Anon I've seen you fuck an entire sorority while blacked out on hard cider, AND a broken arm. You're telling me it's not weird you tapped out after one 'gurt squirt?"

"One what?" Chrysalis asked.

"Don't ask," Anon denied. "Yeah, it was kinda weird i guess," he continued. "But I made up for it this morning."

Chrysalis bit her lip harder. "Yeah you did."

"Anon, this isn't about your ego or your pussy slaying abilities; it's about your health. Obviously you had a lot of love drained from you by Chrysalis, but you're not fatigued now, even though you were last night. What did you do this morning?"

"Well, after a very... unexpected morning, I had to brainstorm something to get out of this without getting into trouble, and I came here to you."

"Hmmm. Anything else? Anything odd? Besides of course, waking up next to a changeling."

"Not really?" Anon placed his hand on his chin to match Twilight. "About the strangest thing was when I told her to bark like a dog."

Ruff

"And she did that."

"What!? Why!?"

Chrysalis shrugged.

"That's right! She kept doing everything I said! Sometimes too literally."

"Can you demonstrate?"

"Uhh..."

Chrysalis' eyes widened. "Anon, don't you dare make me do embarrassing things in front of my mortal enemy."

"Sit."

She sat.

"Lay down."

She laid.

"Roll over!" Anon was getting enthusiastic.

Chrysalis huffed but did as she was told, flopping onto her side, back, then upright again.

"Good girl, Chryssy!"

Chrysalis blushed lightly and smiled, her tail wagging a little behind her.

Twilight, both confused and amazed, face-hoofed at Anon's childish choice of commands.

"Perhaps something a bit more complicated? Like, 'change into an octopus and shape your tentacles into a heart.'"

Immediately, a spire of green flames surrounded the changeling queen, and in her place sat a large, orange and brown cephalopod. The creature raised its closest two tentacles and formed a heart with them. After a few seconds of holding the pose, green flames surrounded the creature once again and in its place stood Chrysalis, thoroughly miffed at being commanded like a puppet.

"Wait, why did you do what I said?"

Chrysalis cocked her head. "Because he told me to do what you say."

Twilight and Anon looked at each other, as if communicating through their eyes alone. After a few seconds, a smile began to grow on each other faces.

"Oh, yeah," Twilight began. "We're gonna have some fun." Twilight said while licking her lips.