"Why me?"
That's the only thought that went through Chrysalis's mind the entire trip. She was on her way to Canterlot, she had to attend Celestia's dumb "ScHoOl Of MagIc" because of the peace treaty between her mother's hive and Equestria. She looked out of the window of her carriage. She loved trees, there were none in the Badlands. Her ancestors made sure of that, the Badlands were once called the "Peaceful Moss Forest" or the "Moss Filled Woods" the names kind-of explain themselves. A butterfly flew into the carriage, Chrysalis was shocked for she had never seen a butterfly in real life before, only in books. She watched it fly around and it was memorizing, the butterfly's beautiful wings shimmered in the light as if they were made of priceless gems. She was still stuck on what her fake name would be, but she now had an idea.
~Four Days Later~
Chrysalis yawned, she was just entering Canterlot and she couldn't be more bored. She kept staring out the window, yes she had to admit that it was a sight to behold. The buildings were magnificent, they shone like the sun itself. It was a bit blinding, but that didn't bother her. What did bother her on the other hoof, was all the ponies staring at her carriage. They were puzzled, for the carriage looked like it was made of obsidian and emeralds that seemed to glow in the sunlight, and that's because it was. Chrysalis sighed and thought to herself "Ponies are so weird, it's just a carriage what's so special about it?". She did notice something strange, there were barely any trees. She was disappointed, but what did she expect? Ponies are always finding new ways to destroy the environment. She pulled a sketchbook out of her saddle bag, she was still making the design for her disguise. She continued to sketch, she had a rough idea of what her disguise was going to look like. What she had right now was her disguise would have a deep green mane with light green streaks in it, her coat would be a light emerald green. What she couldn't figure out was what her cutie mark would look like, but then she got an idea. She drew something in her sketchbook, she had a wide grin on her face for she was proud of herself.
Without realizing it she shouted "YES!! Finally!!" the changeling who was driving her carriage asked her "Ma'am is everything ok in there? I heard shouting." she replied "Yes, everything is ok." she sighed, her mother, if she was here would not stand for her little outburst in fact what her mother would likely do would be to slap her halfway to the Badlands. She noticed that they were closer to the palace, she sighed and green flames engulfed her in her place was a light emerald green filly that fit the description of Chrysalis's disguise, she had a butterfly made of emerald as her cutie mark. "Ma'am do you have your disguise on?" asked the changeling who was driving the carriage. "Yes, I do." replied the unicorn filly. "That's good, Have you thought up a name for your disguise?" said the changeling "Oh yea I have, her name is Emerald Gem" replied Chrysalis. They were now passing the Royal Library, Chrysalis looked at it longingly "I must go there and read all the books." Chrysalis thought to herself "I wonder how many books there are in there." Chrysalis shook her head, she was here so Equestria wouldn't have a reason to attack her hive and to see what possible weaknesses Celestia had. Her mother would be so proud of her, well that was what she hoped at least. Her mother gave her a crystal ball so she could check in on her.
Her mother thought that she was a failure, but Chrysalis had hoped that if she succeeded in this little "mission" that her mother would like her more. The carriage was now so close to the palace that when Chrysalis looked out of the window she saw guards everywhere. The buildings there were even more beautiful than the other ones that she had seen before, "Those houses must be for upper class." thought Chrysalis. Then something caught her eye, it was a little pawn shop that looked very old. She stared at it for a long time until it was out of view, there was just something about it. She shook her head, "It was just an old pawn shop that was a little out of place, nothing else." she thought, but she couldn't shake the feeling that it wasn't supposed to be there.
~At Canterlot Palace A Half An Hour Later~
Princess Celestia was talking to Twilight's parents, she was amazed by how powerful Twilight was, so she was asking her parents if she was always this powerful. "Mrs.Velvet has your daughter always been this powerful?" Celestia asked "No, to be honest she could barely flip a page with her magic." Twilight Velvet replied "We were just as surprised as you when she turned us to cacti." Nightlight laughed. Velvet gave her husband a stare so cold it would turn lava to ice, Nightlight might as well have been stone. He regretted his joke.
~Meanwhile In The Library~
Emerald Gem was reading a book when she heard a sound as if an entire bookshelf fell down. "What was that?" She said to herself, she went to where the noise came from and that's when she saw it, a small bookshelf was knocked over and a lavender filly was laying on her back, she seemed to have jumped out of the way, why she was unconscious Emerald didn't know. But she felt the need to help her, Emerald walked over to the lavender filly, but before she could do anything the filly sat up hitting her head against Emerald's. The filly sat up so fast that when her head hit Emerald's she knocked Emerald to the ground. Emerald rubbed her head, she had to admit that this filly was a bit strong, only a bit. "Oh no! Are you hurt? I really hope you're ok!!" The filly said as she somehow was already at Emerald's side. Emerald scooted away from her shocked that one second she was in front of her the next she was next to her. "I'm just fine, But you should be worried about your own health!" Emerald said to the strange filly "I saw you unconscious on the ground!!" the filly looked puzzled for a moment but then said "A book hit me in the head, but I'm fine. By the way what's your name?". Emerald blinked she was confused about the book hitting the filly's head, but what confused her even more was her asking for her name. "My name is Emerald Gem, what's your name?" Emerald replied "Oh. My name is Twilight Sparkle!" the filly said with a smile.
Author's Note
To clear some things up, First I am no longer writing Caught, Second Chrysalis is two years older than Twilight in this au, Third whenever Chrysalis is in disguise (aka is Emerald Gem) she will be referred by the name of that character.
I hope you liked it so far!!!
"Oh, my name is Twilight sparkle."
Chrysalis was laying on her back on her bed inside of her new dorm, like many of the other students there she was going to have a dorm mate. A part of her hoped it was going to be Twilight, that nice unicorn filly she had met in the library. She couldn't get Twilight out of her head. They had talked for an hour, mainly about what books they like. It turned out they liked a lot of the same books such as "The Complete History Of Equestria" and "The Complete Plant Biology Of Equestria", but then then the crystal ball on the desk lit up, snapping Chrysalis out of her thoughts.
Chrysalis got up and walked over to the crystal ball. She tapped the crystal ball once and it made a chime. The face of a changeling queen appeared. "Hello Mother" said Chrysalis "Chrysalis, have you learned anything about Celestia?" asked the queen rudely. "No, not yet..." Said Chrysalis "Of course, why should I expect anything better than nothing?" the queen asked rhetorically with a sigh. "I'm sorry Mo-" Chrysalis started "Don't, you're not allowed to even call me mother." said the queen rudely "Yes, Queen Skarlet." replied Chrysalis with a bow of her head. Queen Skarlet sighed and said "Go, and make use of yourself." Queen Skarlet muttered something under her breath but Chrysalis didn’t catch what she said. "Yes, my queen." replied Chrysalis once again. The crystal ball went dark and the face of the queen disappeared. Chrysalis went to her bed and plopped onto the bed, she covered her face with her hole covered hooves. She took a shaky breath, "I hate her, I FUCKING HATE HER!!!" Chrysalis screamed through sobs. Her mother always hated Chrysalis and her older sister, Mantids. The only sibling of hers that her mother actually loved was her little sister, Scorpion. Who also happened to be the only one who loved slaughtering ponies more than any of them combined. That was only because she had her ceremony early. Chrysalis had only killed one pony at that point, mainly because she had to, because it was her royal duty for she had become ten earlier that year.
~Five months earlier~
Chrysalis was preparing herself for her coming of age ceremony, also known as Execution Day for any prisoners who might be in the dungeons. To prove herself to her hive, Chrysalis must kill a pony in front of the entire hive, without her magic. She had been training with her older sister for six months, she had gotten much stronger because of it. She already had a lot of confidence, it was mainly because she had seen her little sister perform the ceremony even though she was a year younger than Chrysalis. Scorpion had performed the ceremony without any trouble even though she was up against a stallion twice her size... So Chrysalis was she could too. She just hoped she wouldn’t fail and make a fool of herself in front of her entire hive...
Author's Note
Sorry that’s it’s a little short, I’ve just haven’t had a lot of time to work on it, plus I kinda forgot! I still hope you all are enjoying it so far!!
