Groom Hornwell's 2022

Queen Chrysalis was bleeding, if bugs could bleed. Since her last confrontation with Twilight, a new hole, similar to the holes in her legs, was present in her body. It was on her chest. If her anatomy had been like the one of a pony, she would have been able to see her heart. And that would only have been if it wasn't destroyed by the laser beam she was hit with.

She was striding through the Alicorn Alleys of Canterlot. She would have flown away, but she had broken a wing on her crash landing. It was the weakest part of her body after all. Not that it wouldn't regenerate, but that would take some time and a nutritious love meal.

Also, severely injured, a changeling was unable to transform. And if they managed to do it, they would still feel pain or bleed, whatever the case. At that moment, the idea of transforming was the last thought on Chrysalis's mind. She only wanted to survive.

She got out of the alleys on the east side. She chuckled when she saw the building in front of her. A hospital. It was ironical to her. Recovery was her prime need. But of course she couldn't just transform and imponyate an injured pony. Besides, everypony except the doctors on call were secured in the dungeons and caves in the mountain.

Instead of going forward to the hospital, she turned right and followed the road to the town center. That was her safe point. That was the place she had to go if the attack with the dragon went wrong. There they would be waiting for her, or she would be waiting for them. Her army of changelings. The changelings that had been imponyating random or not so randoms ponies of Canterlot. They were her salvation. They had to be.

She was reaching the center of Canterlot. She saw a crowd from afar. She was getting close to it. There were many ponies there. And a few of them were middle-aged and wore purple legbands on their left forelegs. Supposedly, agents of the Stablo.

One of them saw Chrysalis approach. "Hey, everyling, she's here!" He pointed at her with a hoof.

"She's coming!" Another one said.

"It's our queen!"

Every member of the crowd was illuminated by green lights. They went from pastel to jet black coats. Changelings. Atleast a hundred of them.

"Come on, my children, help your queen!" Chrysalis said. She approached the crowd. A grin on her face.

The changelings surrounded her.

A green force field started to form around Chrysalis and the changelings. "Hahaha! Come on, my pretties, give me your love and heal me!"

The green atmosphere had become so big it started to take over the whole town center.

Then the green force field vanished.
Chrysalis stood within the crowd, completely healed. Her wings were perfectly shaped and the hole on her chest had vanished. Her bug like coat shone against the moonlight.

Queen Chrysalis looked at her subjects. A wide grin was on her lips. She laughed "Listen to me! I'm not dying like a honeybee on its first strike! We're not desisting from this mission! We will take Twilight Sparkle down!"

She received an ovation from the changelings. Then, they started to march.

One last attempt. They would head to the Canterlot Castle.