Part I, Chapter II - The Cold Shoulder

You look over at your digital clock.

7:35.

You sigh and turn your attention back to the creature that you are now one-hundred percent certain is Chrysalis from "My Little Pony".

She hasn't moved a muscle for the past five minutes, but her eyes stopped long before that. You don't know if you should take that as a sign that she's calming down, or she's waiting to pounce on you.

A sudden noise, the excess water finally coming out of the faucet in your tub, startles you, and you momentarily break your concentration on the changeling infront of you. When you re-focus yourself, you find that her gaze is locked on to you.

You tilt your head to the left, she tilts her head to the left.

You tilt your head to the right, she tilts her head to the right.

You wonder how long she'd continue to mimick you before getting frustrated, but the jagged horn jutting out of her head made you think otherwise. You stop toying with her and finally take a step forward.

She raises an eyebrow at you as you complete your first step, then the other as you complete your second step.

Congratulations, you made it about three inches.

You begin taking the third step, but Chrysalis lets out a low growl. You continue, planting your foot firmly on the ground, now beginning your fourth. The growl is much louder now, and you contemplate continuation, and the uncertainty of getting stabbed by her horn, or turning away, leaving unharmed. You inhale deeply, then begin what could lead to the biggest mistake of your life.

You succesfully complete the fifth step, and are halfway through the sixth when you hear Chrysalis say, "What the buck do you think you're doing?"

Buck? Doesn't she mean....oh.

You stop all other activity and try to find a good answer to her question.

You think of a great one almost immeadeatly.

"Trying....to, uh.....touch you?"

Damnit.

"Touch? Me? You're nothing but a lumbering ape! Why would I ever let something as filthy as you touch royalty like me?"

She glares at you, waiting for another response.

You think of yet another great answer.

"Because..."

You close your mouth again almost instantly as Chrysalis begins to chuckle. She raises her head, still glaring at you.

"I've heard enough."

She moves as if she's about to get off your dresser, but she instead repositions herself.

"Leave", she says, a more commanding tone in her voice.

You look back at her for a moment, smiling to yourself, but you realize she's serious.

You hang your head in defeat.

"I'll be outside if you need anything."

You turn and walk out into the living room.