When I woke up after falling asleep a few hours (or was it a day?) ago. Looking around, Me, Night Shade and Sour Patch where still strapped to the wall and Chrysalis was nowhere in sight. I hoped that the girls were okay, because if they weren't, there would be hell to pay. I stopped moving when I heard a grunt. Holding my breath, I listened closely and realized, the sound had come from Night.

"Alan? You up?" He asked.

"Yeah." I replied.

"I-I think I can get us out of here. But it's going to take a bit of work on both our parts." He said.

"What's your plan?" I asked, being a bit sceptical about whether we would ever get out of here.

"Okay, first, we need to get a guards attention. He's sitting right outside of the door to this small cave. What I need you to do, is yell, as loud as you can. Once the guard comes in I'm going to act limp. I need you to tell him that I'm dead. And when he comes over to check, I'm going to buck as hard as I can into his chest. Hopefully he'll be knocked out. If he is, I'll use my hooves to pull his body over to me and up so I can reach the keys. Once that's done, we'll be able to get out of here and find a way to stop Chrysalis and the other one." He explained.

"Monochrome." I said.

"What?"

"Her name is Monochrome." I replied.

"Who, the other one?" he asked.

"Yes. I know, because she came to me in a dream about a month ago. We talked, but I had no idea who she was, or why she wanted to speak with me. I kept quiet about it, because well, honestly, I was scared. I wasn't sure if dreams like that happened here." I explained.

"Well, it's not your fault. If anypony is to blame, it should be me. I was foolish enough to step onto that circle and release her. And now look at us, chained up and helpless." He said, looking crestfallen.

I felt bad for him. It wasn't his fault he was used the way he was.

"It doesn't matter. What say we get this plan going?" I said, a smile on my face.

He smiled back and went limp. It was pretty convincing, and if this hadn't been planned, then I'm sure I would have freaked out. Allowing my face to return to a relaxed and almost tired state, I called out as loud as I could. After a few minutes, the guard came in and walked up to me.

"Hey, you better shut it. The Queen gave me permission really rough you up if you give me any trouble." He said, smiling evily.

"Sorry, but I think he's dead." I said, adding a bit of fear to my voice so it would seem more believable.

"Hmmm?" he said as he trotted over to where Night was. Finally, the guard made his mistake and got too close. Night lifted his head and bucked up as hard as he could into the changelings jaw. He lifted up off the ground about a foot before coming down with a crash. Sour heard and snapped out of her sleep, looking down at the now unconsious changeling in shock.

"Alright, we did it!" Night said.

"Did what if I may ask?" Sour said, looking at Night with a look of confusion.

"We just knocked out the guard, and look, right there on his side." Night said, motioning with his head.

We both looked and sure enough hanging on his side, was a set of keys. Night smiled and reached out his back hooves and barely managed to grab the changelings back right hoof. He pulled him over and wrapped his hooves around his middle. He then lifted him up and pushed his body up to the wall above himself, allowing his forehooves to reach the keys. Once he had them, he released him and he fell back to the floor.

He took the keys and, with one of the keys in his mouth, lifted himself up using his forehooves and placed the key into the lock on his cuffs. He twisted it and the cuff came loose. He did the same to the other and managed to get down. He rubbed his hooves to get some blood pumping back into them, and moved over to me and unlocked me as well. I took the keys and did the same for Sour Patch. Once we were free, We headed to the exit of the cave and when I got to it, I turned to thank Night, only to find him putting the cuffs on the changeling.

He came running over afterwards.

"Sorry, but we can't have him letting the rest of his changeling friends know that we're free." He explained. I had to admit, He had a point.

"Okay, lets go stop evil." I said, smiling.

I always wanted to be in an action movie or be a hero for some damsel in distress, and to think, I was acutally doing it now. I chuckled lightly as we ran down a long corridor. I looked at the walls as we ran and noticed that the place was lit by green iridescent jewels embedded in the walls. We ran past a couple of empty rooms, but that was about it. I knew we could get lost. This place was huge. And judging by some of the rooms, it reminded me of the old Zelda games I used to play. There were even bats on the cieling that tried to attack us a couple times.

Finally after what seemed like forever, we came across a large room, much like the one we had been in, only it was the girls who were now chained up. Chrysalis was standing there, talking to them. I looked in and took in there conditions. Twi was looking disheveled and her eyes were somewhat puffy, probably from crying. Dash however was looking angrily at Chrysalis, almost as though she was trying to glare holes straight through The Queen's head. Rarity had her head down, and I could see tears falling from her face, AJ was also glaring at Chrysalis with a lot of hatred.

I couldn't stand seeing them like this. I walked into the room, Night and Sour following me. As soon as I entered I began to regret it. I could feel a lot of tension in the air. When I did walk in, Dash and AJ both looked at me, eyes now filled with not only love and hope, but relief. Chrysalis noticed that they were no longer paying any attention to her and turned to find us three standing there.

"Well, well, well. Looks like the human and his friends escaped." she sneered.

"Chrysalis, if you did anything to them, I swear, I will end you." I said, my voice filling with anger.

"Oh, I did nothing to them. But you however, I will gladly enjoy toying with you." She said as her horn began to glow with the same green as the gems in the walls. I felt myself lift up off the ground and found myself floating in midair. I looked to Night and Sour, who were now held against a wall my the same green aura. They had a look of shock on there faces.

I turned back to Chrysalis and found her with a smile on her face.

"Yes, I can feel so much love inside of you. It's glorious. I wonder what your mates will think when they watch me drain the love from you until you are nothing but a husk, barely able to get up." She said as she pinned me to the ground with her magic. I felt myself slam down onto my back. It hurt quite a bit, but I managed to hold back any cry. I knew I wouldn't be able to take her. After all, I wasn't very fit, and I had only taken two years of martial arts. I had no chance.

"Hmm, I honestly don't see what these mares see in you. You look like nothing more than a hairless ape to me." she said as she looked me over.

"I'm sure you wouldn't know, would you." I said, "You wouldn't know true love if it showed up on your front door step."

"Who needs love. It is nothing more than food."

"Your wrong Chrysalis. Love is what defines us. We all have something we love, even those who's hearts are as black as yours." I replied. "Be honest, what do you love? If anything at all. There's always something."

"Don't be foolish. I don't feel love." she said. Then I saw it. In her eyes. she was lying, she had something she loved, I could see it.

"Your lying Chrysalis. I can see it in your eyes. Tell me, what is it you love most. What is it that drives you."

"What drives me? I-I don't know what your talking about." She denied.

"Come on, you can't tell me you don't feel love. I can see it in your eye's. It's the same look I've seen in the eye's of all my herd mates. You have something you can't live without, but you're too afraid to show it."

SMACK!

"How dare you! I the Queen of the Changelings, afraid? HA!", She said as her voice went from loud anger, to quiet sadness, "You know nothing of fear, not until you witness those you loved being ripped from your hooves." she said.

That's when I realized it. She must have had something happen to her. Something that had made her hate and resent any and all forms of love.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Why would you care. You wouldn't know what it's like." She said, almost spitting her words at me.

"You'd be surprised." I replied.

"Hmm, well, considering I have all of you here, and none of you can do anything to stop me. I might as well tell you." she said.

I was born around three hundred years ago, to a poor family. Contrary to popular beliefs, we changelings are born much the same way ponies are. The only difference was that I had two mothers. Back then, I had known love, for I loved them both. Throughout my foalhood I enjoyed many things. Including the days when my mothers would brush my mane.

Back then we changelings had a pact with a small tribe of ponies who lived within the Everfree forest. The pact stated, that as long as we meant no harm or ill will, they would provide us with the love that we needed, and thus were able to keep ourselves fed. It wasn't until I was older that things changed. I had been sitting with an old friend of mine, near the village the ponies lived in. We had been talking when I heard screaming. My friend and I ran into the village to see what had happened and when we got inside we were surprised. The ponies and changelings were fighting. I rushed to find my mothers, I was worried and I didn't want anything to happen to them.

Along the way I had seen my sister, she was fighting with a colt and had managed to knock him out. I ran to her in a panic. I asked her if our parents were ok, she turned to me and told me that they had left our home to go and help those who were harmed. I was confused. Who had been harmed and why? I wanted to know what was going on. I ran to the center of the village to see if I could find them, and when I got there I saw something I wouldn't forget, ever.

My mothers were lying on the ground, covered in their own blood, with a stallion standing above them, his stallionhood hanging limp, covered with the juices of my mothers. I hadn't known it then, but I found out later on. I saw this and was filled with such hatred and sadness that my whole body began to glow. My magic began to seep out of my body as I was lifted up off the ground. I began to growl as I let loose a massive blast of magic. It hit the stallion in the chest and he was blown to bits.

I landed on the ground and had passed out. Sometime late, I awoke to find that the fighting was over and all the ponies were dead. I quickly ran over to my parents and hugged them close. I cried until I could cry no more, and the pain I felt from having those I loved and cherished most, it was too much to bear. I stripped myself of all love and emotion, leaving only hate and malice.

"From that day on, I swore to take over all of Equestria so that I could make all ponies pay for what was taken from me." She said. When she finished, I looked up at her and found tears coming form here eyes. To be honest, I felt sorry for her. To have to go through something like that would reduce even the hardest of men to nothing.

"I'm sorry. Chrysalis, you need to let it go. It was in the past, and I can tell you, I know how that feels. I lost my parents to a murderer. He had broken into our home while I was working and he had cut both of their throats. All because he wanted what we had in our house." I said, "Let me up and I can help you."

She looked at me for the longest time before I felt her magic release. I got up and moved over to her, her head hanging low. Catching her by surprise, I hugged her tightly and put as much feeling into it as possible. She looked up at me with tears in her eyes as she leaned into the hug. Openly sobbing. I looked over to Dash and the others, who were now crying as well.

"It's okay, you don't have to hurt anymore. I'm here for you." I said, trying to comfort her.

"I understand now." She said, having calmed down a bit.

"Understand what?" I asked.

"W-why they love you so much. I was so cruel and evil towards all of you, and you still helped me, you still showed compassion, and to somepony who had wanted to kill you all." She said, sobbing again.

"Shh, it's okay. You don't need to cry anymore. No matter what, we will all be here for yo-mmph!" I said, before being cut off my her lips pressing against mine, a loud gasp sounded through the room. She still had tears going down he face. I could feel a lot of passion coming from her as she kissed me. And being the guy I was, I kissed back. When we finally pulled apart she looked at me and I could see it in her eyes. She had somepony to love again.

"Um, just a question. Can you let us go now?" Dash asked.

We all burst out laughing.

Author's Note

Hey everypony sorry for the wait. I started writing this last night and I fell asleep about half way through. haha. Well i hope you guys enjoy this and I hope you all like Chrysalis back story. Though it would be a nice touch.

Until next time! Brohoof!

StormHoof out!