Author's Note

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Chapter 4: Intro to Politics

After another week had passed he opened his eyes and gazed around the small room he was in. With great effort, he managed to stand up on his own four hooves. His steady breathing was deafening against the silence of the room. He carefully turned around as he slowly worked the knots out of his muscles by stretching and curling his limbs. He gingerly moved his wings to try and get the knots out of them as quickly as possible. Once his muscles were a bit more limber he walked towards a hole in the wall that nearly shut on his hind legs. He indulged in his petty desire for revenge and gave the wall a glare that would make an Ursa Major take a few steps back. With his petty urge taken care of, he continued on his way to the throne room of the changeling queen and gave a mental prayer that she would be more bearable than some of the previous queens he had spoken with.

He suppressed a shiver at the memory of those encounters and summoned his best court face before rounding a corner. Around the aforementioned corner was a pair of changeling drones that were standing guard to the throne room, both of them were not expecting to see their guest up and about so soon. “I shall wait for one of you to inform your queen of my presence before entering.” He said as he stared at them with unblinking orange eyes as they stood in place simply staring at him in shock. After about a minute of them staring at each other one of the guards told Queen Chrysalis of their guest and his intention of speaking with her. “Thank you, I hope that this will not take too long.” He said as he passed by the guards and entered the throne room.

He calmly walked towards the throne where Queen Chrysalis sat looking like a gem on top of a crown. He noticed that while her throne was almost identical to his hers was much higher up than his ever was. He resisted the urge to shake his head at her pettiness and instead got ready to deliver his greetings. “I see that you recover quickly. Everypony thought it would take another few months for you to wake up, I’m glad to see that they were wrong.” She said with a smile. “I’m sure that you would prefer to rest some more so I will leave you to enjoy your rest.” She quickly added as if she had suddenly remembered that she wanted to say that.

“With all due respect I have rested for long enough. What I want is answers and information.” He said as he slowly shifted his hooves but he never took his eyes off of Chrysalis. “I’m sure that my advisor can help you with everything you need answered Mr.“ Chrysalis said as she gazed expectantly at him.

“Chrysilix, King Chrysilix.” He said causing her eyes to widen.