Author's Note

This is a very brutal chapter, at least for my stuff. You've been warned.

My Queen

"Rainbow Dash," I answered simply, drawing the most condescending scoff the queen could produce.

"So let me get this straight..." she was fuming, but all I could do was tell her the truth or lie, and lying never ended well when it came to Chrysalis. "That insignificant blue PONY was enough to kill four of my servants and all you did was SIT BACK AND WATCH!?"

It's a good thing she couldn't use magic anymore cause if she could, I was certain I would've been thrown into a wall or the floor. I shifted my stance, making sure not to look Mini's way. If I did, the focus of the queen's fury might shift to her, and that was the last thing I wanted.

"You're mostly correct, Your Highness," I stated simply, yet again. It was best to be calm and blunt around Chrysalis. Any sign of emotion or disobedience would be swiftly targeted and punished by the insect. "I killed one of them."

She took a deep breath in and let out a long, throaty hiss.

"You have one minute to explain yourself, Moondancer." She hadn't calmed down, she was just past the point where she could keep her rage contained. "Choose your next words carefully."

"Of course, Your Highness." I had to be prompt or my punishment would be even more severe than it was already going to be. "The two pegasi were decapitated almost immediately," her face twitched in annoyance. "The earth pony's legs were all severed, loss of blood his cause of death." A strange spitting- coughing noise her response to that news.

"And the one you killed?" her voice rumbled with rage.

"Tactical self-destruct using one of the bombs you had implanted in them." Her eyes widened at that revelation. "I was able to catch Rainbow Dash in the explosion." A satisfied grin came to her face.

"She's dead?" she licked her lips. It was a trick. I knew exactly what she wanted, and I wasn't about to fall into her trap.

"No, she survived. Protected herself with her wings. They're gone though," her face lit up with glee. "Completely obliterated by the blast." Her jubilant laughter echoed throughout the throne room for minutes, as if I'd just told the funniest joke she'd ever heard.

"Splendid! SPLENDID!" she was absolutely glowing as her cackling died down. "Such delightful suffering for the Princess of Friendship is worth such meager losses."

"If I may, Your Highness?" I tossed my saddlebags to the floor in front of her.

"More good news!?" she giggled like a school filly. "You spoil me, Moondancer."

"I managed to recover most of the crucial tech from their corpses," I tried not to sound cocky. If she detected any arrogance in me it'd mean deep trouble, but if she was pleased maybe I'd be able to get some mercy for me and Mini.

Yeah, that'll be the day.

"Wonderful!" she clapped her hooves together. "Then I only have one more question for you, Moondancer."

"Anything, Your Highness," I lowered my head obediently.

"Why are you so obviously displeased with your success?" she looked acutely confused. "Are you trying to hide something from me, Moondancer?"

"Not at all, Your Highness," I sighed, a mistake in hindsight. "Her tech is just... better than mine," I was growing frustrated, my emotions slowly getting out of control. "She's... SHE'S BETTER THAN ME!!!" For only a second the mere thought of Twilight made me lose myself and I shouted. It was completely unintentional and I slapped my hooves over my mouth almost instantly, but the queen had noticed.

"OH!" her eyes flickered with excitement. "Are you yelling at me, Moondancer?" her voice was low and calm, a far cry from her earlier rage and hundreds of times more sinister.

"N-no, Your Highness," I looked at her desperately. "I'd nev-"

"And now you're lying to me?" she was so thoroughly entertained that she'd caught me in her web, I was surprised she wasn't floating in the air.

"I-no, I-" I was trapped and she knew it as well as I did.

"Oh, Mini?" she cooed as my body went numb.

"Yes, Your Highness?" My best friend replied calmly, the polar opposite of what I was currently feeling.

"Would you come over here for a minute?" Chrysalis kept her eyes locked on mine as she spoke to the blue unicorn. She was getting an unreasonable amount of entertainment from the panic in me. I knew I was playing right into her hooves, yet I still couldn't calm myself down.

"Of course, Your Highness," Mini moved without hesitation, trotting right next to the bug to face me.

"Good girl," she patted her atop the head with a hoof. "Now then, my precious little Mini?"

"Yes, Your Highness?" Minuette kept her eyes on me.

"I know I don't have to tell you to be honest with me, my obedient little Mini," Chrysalis slid closer to the unicorn. Her movements were so serpentine, I swear she was more snake than insect or pony at this point. "So what say you, dear? Did Moondancer just shout at me?"

"Yes, Your Highness," she replied without a second thought.

"And did she lie about doing so?"

"Yes, Your Highness," Mini continued to stare at me emotionlessly as she threw me under the bus. I'd have had it no other way. If it meant me or her being punished, I'd choose myself every time.

"Oh Mini," Chrysalis moved her disgusting maw uncomfortably close to Minuette's face, never taking her exhilarated eyes off of mine. "Your loyalty is always so..." her nauseating tongue crawled out of her mouth and moved across the blue unicorn's cheek before slinking into my only friend's accepting mouth.

My heart pounded, my senses all screaming out at once. If I had the ability to do so, the bug would've been nothing but a bloody pile of mush on the floor. I almost moved... almost. Thank all that was still good I hadn't. It was all one big game to Chrysalis, her overly dramatic moans as she violated Minuette were evidence of that.

She wanted me to react, wanted me to do something foolish so she could punish me even worse than I was going to be. I bit my lower lip, almost clean off, as I stared into Minuette's eyes. There was nothing there. With a loud smacking sound the queen pulled her lips away from Minuette, her tongue lingering for just a moment before it too was back in her horrible mouth.

"Arousing." Chrysalis cackled like the maniac she was. "So then, what should I do with you? Mini claims you're the guilty party, Moondancer... Is my obedient little Mini the liar?" The queen cupped Minuette's face with one of her grubby hooves.

"No, Your Highness," I bowed my head low. "I lied... and I shouted. I beg for your mercy, Your Highness." There was no point in trying to defend myself. Chrysalis had already won. Now it was just a matter of her deciding who she wanted to play with more.

"Mmmm, I see." If she was angry I wasn't squirming, she was good at hiding it. "Well then, you've both pleased and disappointed me, Moondancer," she stepped down from her elevated position and trotted right up to me. I kept my head low, not wanting to incur any more of her wrath.

"I offer you a choice, Moondancer," I could feel her hot breath on me as she whispered into my ear. I kept quiet. "You take all of the punishment due the both of you..."

Well, that doesn't sound like the good option... though neither is probably good.

"Or Minuette does and I will not say you deemed it so."

It was an alluring choice. I really wanted to get some food and some sleep.

I can betray her and she'd never even know...

But I would.

"I'll take all of the punishment, Your Highness." Staring down at her hole filled forelegs I noticed them twitch a bit at my answer.

"I see..." she let out a deep breath. "You're such an utter disappointment sometimes, Moondancer," she licked my ear sensually, the motion making my legs jitter. "Ever the righteous little pony... just like that whore, Twilight Sparkle." Just as I was about to jerk my head upwards she bit down hard on my ear.

"GgaAHH!" I fell to my knees, unable to handle the pain as I grabbed at my bleeding ear.

"My chambers, NOW!" she roared at me.

G-great...

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I stood in front of Chrysalis, the only sound in the room the plip-plip-plip of my blood dripping from my face. Blueblood's room, which was once Celestia's, had now become Chrysalis' quarters. Unlike the way that pompous unicorn had kept it, it was now dark and... moist, for lack of a better descriptor.

There were no candles, no sources of actual light, just glowing green collectives of some strange substance that had to have come directly from the bug herself. The room was filled with the scent of dried blood and... a mixture of other odors I couldn't quite put my hoof on, though they were all equally vomit inducing.

The black queen was lying on her bed, the grin on her face chilling me to the bone. I'd only ever been inside her chambers once before and I still had nightmares about that time. It took me weeks to recover from that horrible experience. She was an expert at inflicting pain without actually causing any long lasting injuries. She knew If she hurt me permanently, I might not be able to do my job.

"Come here," she patted the bed next to herself softly. I obeyed, immediately trotting over to the bed and laying right in front of her. The first time I was here I was afraid of getting blood on her things. Now I knew, that was exactly what she wanted to happen.

She grabbed my neck with a hoof and gently pushed my head down onto the mattress. I might've been a bit more scared if I didn't know what was coming next. She locked her mouth onto my damaged ear before licking and sucking on it like it was a lollipop.

It was painful at first, the more strenuous her efforts the more I felt. But... it gradually began to feel... good. Very good. Unbelievably good. Before long, I shut my eyes as a moan of ecstasy escaped my mouth.

The queen's laughter was muffled, her mouth still clamped down around my ear. I couldn't understand it, but my entire body was tingling. I couldn't control my breathing. I could barely even think.

"Divine isn't it?" the queen didn't ask so much as declare. I opened my eyes to find her looking down on me with...

Love?

"Ah, but this is not supposed to be a reward..." she smiled warmly. "It's a punishment." She moved to stand over me, pinning me to the bed on my back.

She was so... BIG, so powerful. I held my legs close, nearly in a fetal position. There was no begging allowed inside here. There was no speaking at all for the one being punished unless they were asked a question.

"Don't take your eyes off of mine again," her green eyes drilled into mine. Keeping eye contact was one of the many rules in her chambers. Her oral motions had caused me to forget. I was amazed she hadn't used my mistake to compound my punishment.

She lowered her face down to mine, her hot breath tinged with that same smell of blood and flesh flowed over me. She got even closer as she started... sniffing me? My mane, my face, all over my body. I couldn't fathom why. I had to reek of perspiration and dirt.

Trekking across the wasteland that Equestria had become would do that, and I'd come straight to her. I hadn't had a chance to wash or even freshen up, but she didn't seem bothered by my scent. Her... attention was starting to become embarrassing, but it's not like I could protest.

"How I miss my magic," she said lamentably as she continued to explore every inch of me. "Everything is so much more... physical now." She took one final deep inhalation of my scent before placing a short gentle kiss on my lips.

"Now then, how did that feel?" she asked once she'd finished.

"Good, Your Highness," I answered. It hadn't, but I wasn't about to say that out loud. She moved her head down to my neck.

"And this?" She licked me before gently kissing and suckling along the area.

"It..." That same strange tingly feeling began to assault me. "It feels good." This time, it was the truth. She pulled back and moved lower.

"And this?" She licked around my belly before sucking around it as well. Whatever she was doing to me had my head swimming.

"I-" I was breathing so hard, my forelegs moved to cover my face by themselves. "Yes, Chrysalis," was all I could manage to get out through ragged breaths. She laughed a throaty chuckle before pulling away yet again.

"And what about this?" she gently grabbed my hind legs and spread them wide. My heart hammered as the queen's head descended lower. My body tensed, the anticipation of her tongue exploring further driving me crazy.

A blood curdling scream escaped my throat as the queen bit down on my inner thigh with enough force for her teeth to shred through the soft flesh and reach the bone. I saw white light, the pain so unbearable I tried to buck her off despite knowing the repercussions of such a foolish action. With a delighted giggle she licked away the blood from her mouth as I thrashed and grabbed at the new pain.

"Eye contact, Moondancer," she grabbed my face roughly. I couldn't hold back the tears, but I clenched my teeth and growled, stopping the screams immediately. My pain drove her wild, her eyes shimmering with a luster I'd never seen in them before. "Good girl. Did that hurt?"

I nodded, foregoing speech because if I opened my mouth I knew I wouldn't be able to stop the screams.

"Poor thing," she laid a hoof gently on my bloody wound.

"P-please..." I begged through gritted teeth. I shouldn't have. I broke the rule and she'd already let it slide once.

"Oh Moondancer," she pressed down hard on the bleeding limb eliciting another scream that I couldn't hold in. "You know you're not supposed to speak out of line." She was so heavy it felt like my entire leg might come off due to her massive weight. Had her chitin somehow grown so overly dense?
Maybe that's why she was invulnerable to most things now.

Another firm bout of pressure from the queen's hoof pulled me from my thoughts, the pain instantly back to full as I let out a scream muffled by my teeth.

"Oh, come now, Moondancer," she took a careless seat on my stomach, placing her full weight on my small frame. It felt like being crushed by the lankiest boulder. "Mini never gives me this much trouble."

I could hardly breathe, her weight already too much for me to bear. Not only that, the pressure made my leg hurt all the more. I cried, still focusing my eyes on hers. I couldn't hide it. It hurt so much more than I ever could've imagined. The worse I felt, the more her smile grew.

"Just remember, you're doing this for her," she whispered into my ear before raising her hoof high and slamming it into my face. "Maybe next time you won't step out of line."

I saw stars as my vision blurred, the blow connecting with my eye and making my head spin.

"EYES ON MINE, MOONDANCER!" she roared. I tried to focus, but it wasn't possible, the start of a migraine already creeping up on me. "I SAID," she raised her hoof again, another ruthless
blow rocking me. "LOOK AT ME!!!" I opened my eyes as wide as possible, looking up at her as best I could.

I could already feel the bruises forming, blood dripping from my nose as I struggled to get air. I kept sniffling, wanting so much not to cry. I began to sob, the cries racking my body as I stared up at her.

"Oh Moondancer," for just a second she looked remorseful, a sigh leaving her lips. She tenderly cupped my face with a hoof. "All you have to do is obey me. Then things like this won't be necessary." She kissed me gently on the cheek. "Just remember that you're mine. You exist for me. Your life is my property and it always will be."

She got off of me before getting off of the bed and standing to her hooves. She sighed once again, rubbing her head with a hoof.

"Do you regret your insubordination?" she asked, not facing me.

"Yes, Your," sob "Highness." I said through the tears, not moving from my position.

"Are you sorry?"

"Yes," sob "Your Highness."

"Will you do anything like that ever again?"

"No," sob "Your Highness."

"Good," she let out a satisfied breath. "then," the sadistic grin that was on her lips when she turned to face me made my heart turn to ice. "Now the real fun can begin."

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I can't say for sure how long I was in that room, nor could I relay all the horrible things my queen had done to me. After what felt like weeks, all I could remember was unparalleled pleasure blotted out by unspeakable pain.

If I thought my initial encounter within her chambers had been bad, I was absolutely foolish for ever believing so. The things she'd done... I would have gladly spent years with Blueblood and his ilk over another night with my queen.

Once it was over and she'd had her fill of me she waved a hoof toward the door indicating I was free to leave. I hobbled over to it, barely able to stand as the blood dripped from too many places for me to count. I almost stumbled into the wall, the darkness of the room coupled with my blurred vision from blackened eyes made it almost impossible for me to guide myself.

It took me several tries to lift my hoof to open the door. After a few minutes of fumbling with it, I was finally able to grab the handle and pull it open.

"Oh, and Moondancer?" her calm voice made my body tremble. I just wanted it to be over. I had to hold onto the doorframe to prevent myself from falling over.

Please...

"Y-yes, m-my queen?" It was hard to speak with swollen lips and a brain that was having difficulty properly functioning, but I managed to as I turned her way.

"Tell Mini it's her turn," her sharp teeth were on full display.

"Wha- b-buh- my queen... y-you said... I t-thought..."

She'd said! I had endured all of this for Minuette's sake! She was supposed to-

"Come now, Moondancer," she tilted her head to the side, an innocent giggle escaping her mouth. "Did you honestly believe I'd let her get out of being punished?"

"I... I..."

I wanted to die...

But even more than that, even more than protecting Mini, even more than anything else, I didn't want to be punished again.

"As you wish, my queen."

"Good girl."