Equestria Handyman

Making their way through the inside of a giant Ram Skull in the middle of a swamp and with vines and spider webs lingering everywhere, Chrysalis and Mark walk down some steps to admire the place. “Ah home sweet home.”

“Agreed” Stepping out of the second floor a geriatric red centaur, with a long white beard, steps out. “MY home! Get away from here Chrysalis!” He glared at the changeling in question.

“Oh my, if it isn't Tirek in person.” Chrysalis smirks at him. “Already out of tartarus I see. Deciding to cower in fear after Discord played you?”

“He fooled you too, Chrysalis.” He points an accusing finger at her. “He gathered all of us here on the pretext to take over Equestria, then as soon as that annoying princess refused the crown he simply said the joke was over and put us back right where we were!” He fumes in anger.

“Yeah but unlike you I didn’t spend that time arguing with a 5 year old brat! Please tell me you didn’t bring that talking headache with you!”

“Do I look like a nanny? Getting away from that brat was a thing we BOTH are in agreement” He then notices her company and gets curious. Mark's face was hidden and at the moment he was clad in what appeared to be a samurai armour with a face mask and a black fabric to hide his mouth leaving only his glowing green eyes “I see you finally ditched that stump and got yourself someone to actually talk with.”

“You leave my stump out of it!” She glares at him for a moment before calming down. “But yes, I have been around meeting others.” She looks back at Mark, and hugs his side and rubs her leg against him “And getting acquainted with a special one. Like my sweet hunter here who has been generous enough to provide me with so much love and energy.” Lifting her arm she levitates Tirek and forces him to kneel in front of him. “Enough as to educate certain annoyances.”

“And yet you still came back, if you really are that strong now why are you here and not storming Canterlot or getting revenge on that purple pony you were on and on about how much you are gonna make her pay?”

“Please only an idiot would just be storming off everywhere without a plan just because they had a boost of power. No I have a bigger plan in store, one that will require planning” She let him go and goes to the table in the center in the room “I clearly don’t need you but if you accept that I’m in charge and acknowledge that I’m your queen I might be willing to let you join the fun. Maybe even had a small sip of magic along the way too” She snapped her finger and a ball of magic floated on her palm making Tirek salivate at the idea, and approached her only to be stopped and brought onto the ground by Mark who grabbed his neck.

“Say it, Tirek.”

“You and your miserable ego, can go to…”

“Suit yourself, Hunter, would you be a dear and take out the trash?”

“Ok, ok! F-FINE, you are in charge” Tirek finally relent and look away.

“And?”

“Chrysalis if you think I will stoop so low as too…”

She brings the ball of magic closer to him.

“…and also my Queen.”

“There you go, was that so hard?” She smiles and lets him have his snack filling him with power and rejuvenates him into a buff centaur without a beard.

“Wha-What? How much magic do you have?”

“My hunter is one generous and big supply.” She winks at Mark who looks away, the mask hiding his blush. Much to Tirek’s confusion.

“So Queeny what is the plan now?”

“Like I said, I have spent my time wisely, researching ways to conquer Equestria and taking revenge on those that wronged me. The first major obstacle to take down is Discord. How, I’m still figuring it out but at least I figured out how to at least hide even from him.” She shows him a collar with a multicolored diamond on it. “The poker diamond, a magic disrupter that erases one’s imprint of any sort of detection magic.” She tosses another at Tirek “Do me a favour and try not to stand out, that thing makes you invisible to magic but not the naked eye.

“So we are basically hiding and counting on rocks to stay invisible, great plan so far.” He rolls his eyes in sarcasm as the changeling grumbles. “Say what you want, once we get our hands on that annoying draconequus will be a thing of the past.” She exclaimed, showing a scroll and inside a strange purple bottle picture, which she spread on the table alongside various books.

“An empty bottle?”

“An infinite void empty bottle, once enchanted, it sucks in the nearest magic source in, regardless of its origins, if we use it on Discord?”

“He would be trapped inside.” Tirek nods. “I like that idea.”

“I imagine but that is just one of the items, there are plenty of artifacts that would need to be collected, or rather you two would do. Gathering all this info has made me notorious. Half the world is now looking for me, so I need to lay low.”

“So are we your chore boys now?”

Mark starts to growl in anger.

“N-No! Nothing like that, you will be my hunter, this is just a request to imagine. The sort of tools you can construct, the zones to explore and conquest? Isn’t that enticing? You can even go gather the bottle yourself! According to my info it hidden in the heart of a desert, inside an ancient ruin. Imagine the adventure you can have” He remains stoic before nodding and walking away. Once far enough Chrysalis points at Tirek.

“Word of advice, I suggest you don’t rile up my frie…Ah! I mean…partner in crime! That guy took down an anaconda like it was nothing! Certainly a wash out centaur will be childs play”

“HA! Chrysalis getting flustered, I didn’t think I would see the day, don’t worry Chrysalis I will play nice with your coltfriend.” Tirek laughs as he marches away. “For now at least, since I want Canterlot to burn to the ground.”

“What…Hey! H-He is not my coltfriend!” Chrysalis yells in complete anger at the claim.

While that happened back in Ponyville.

“Anything?” Fluttershy asks a couple of birds while holding in a yawn only to sigh in disappointment when they shake their heads and fly away. “Thank you anyway.” She cross another point on the map and rubs her eyes before the door of her cottage opens and from it Rainbow and Umbral enter.

“Fluttershy?” Umbral asks in worry as Dash looks around the place in worry, the room was completely scattered with maps with red marks on it and everywhere there were empty cups and mugs of coffee. One general map seems to be tracking the potential location Chrysalis took.

Even if Fluttershy didn’t answer and just kept looking. “Fluttershy it’s me, Dash.” Her friend approached her worried.

“We are worried about you Fluttershy.” Umbra adds, “Fluttershy just look at this place! Look at you, when was the last time you fed your animals? Or yourself? Or take a bath or even sleep?”

“Sleep? Oh no, no I can’t, I’m not tired, I’m so close.” She replies looking back at them with bags under her eyes and clear signs that she has been crying. “I know I can find him, they couldn’t get too far away.”

“Fluttershy please!” Umbra grabs her shoulder, “Look at me, look at me Fluttershy what happened at the camp, it wasn’t your fault! We will find him! Chrysalis is probably holding him in a pod, but we need you to please slow down.”

She kept smiling momentarily, before starting to cry, and finally weeping. “But I…I need to find him! He…he is my hunter and it is my fault! I…I pushed him there, if I wouldn’t have insisted to go to that camp he wouldn’t have been taken.”

She openly wails and Umbral brings her into a hug letting her let go of her pain as she rocks her back and forth.

“I’m worried for him too, I really am, worried and furious at that bug, the second I see her I will rip her a new one. But we can’t do that if we can barely stand up. We need to be well rested. The entire herd needs you Fluttershy, no one is blaming you.” Umbra separates her and smiles at her. “Please don’t push us away, let us share the pain, let us be with you.”

“I’m sorry…I’m so sorry.” She repeats, putting her face on her chest as Umbral keeps consoling her, until finally she falls asleep and they place her in her bed.

“I have never seen her in such distress.” Dash comments in pity.

“Can you blame her? She is the kitty of our herd, our kitty. The idea of someone ripping her hunter specially whent they were alone must had hit her even harder”

“Ok why does a nickname matter now?”

Umbral sighs and shakes her head. “It is a herd thing, you will understand when you find one. For now, I think I will stay here, her animals seem like they could use some attention and you need to go talk with that princess of friendship.”

“I’m not sure I’m that comfortable leaving her alone Umbral, are you sure it’s ok if only you stay?”

“Trust me it’s for the best, two or more can get overwhelming for poor Shy you know. Please I know you are loyalty and all but this a herd duty, I swear the moment she gets better I will let you know.”

Dash still looks unsure but nods and agrees before flying away. With a sigh Umbral looks at her leave before taking out her phone. “Milky? Yeah it just heartbreaking looking at her, tell me you are having better luck with the Princesses.”

“I…I’m not so sure, Celly is more than worked up to try to find a way to find Chrysalis but Molly…”

Milky looks to the side and sees the mare in question grabbing Discord’s goatee. “Listen here you overgrow dildo, my sweet little Marky Poo is in trouble because of the blunder YOU made, so you better help us find him or I swear I will find every single possible way to fill you full of holes and turn you into a swiss cheese!”

“…yeah she is gonna help but I’m afraid we are awakening another Nightmare Moon here.” She confesses in worry.

“Figures, Ember and Rain were more understanding thankfully but it’s worrisome when it’s the calm one who is losing their shirts right now. Just try to calm her down a bit and keep her focus on finding him and less in "I will rip the head off of whoever hurt my frineds'”

“I will try my best but Umbral, you really think Chrysalis won’t hurt him right?”

“She probably is using him as a battery, can’t get too much love from pain and that turns to none if we are talking about Mark. If she knows what is best for her. She would leave him in a pod and Thorax already told us, that doesn’t leave any lasting effect other than tiredness.”

“That is a blessing, it means we still have time to prepare.”

“Yep, the question is, what are we preparing for?” Umbral looks at the window holding her chest.

Just hold on Star, we will save you.

The following days were probably the most tense for both the herd and the mane six since as much as they wanted, for how many clues they had at the moment, they all knew for now they could only wait and try to prepare for any sudden attack.

Yet it wasn't until 2 weeks passed when the first clue arrived in the most unusual of places as checking the newest daring doo book. Something on the cover caught Rainbow Dash's attention that made her fly to Fluttershy cottage where she presented the book to the two mares.

“Daring Do and the lost changeling temple? I don’t follow.” Umbral question Dash

“Look at the cover, the monster behind Daring Do” She pointed at a strange figure wearing samurai armor. “Doesn’t that remind you of something?” It took them a moment but eventually it hit them and mares gasp in realization.

“That’s…that’s my hunter!” Fluttershy exclaimed in horror. “What did Chrysalis do to you?”