Chapter 2: Chrysalis
A small mouse skitters around and drinks water from a puddle. Then it rushed around and climbed up a small log and sniffs around. The mouse then scurries down and stops momentarily to groom itself and then it crawls up a stem of grass and crawls up some rocks.
The mouse crawls into the bed chambers of a pony and sniffs around. It then crawls up a stool and found what appears to be a bowl of seeds as if someone left it out. The mouse started feeding on the seeds.
Until suddenly appearing from the darkness is a greenish-grey-coated Alicorn mare with a sea-green mane and tail, green eyes, and a curved horn. Her wings are combed and her cutie mark is a green-shelled black beetle. She also appears to be wearing black regalias with green gems.
This Alicorn is Chrysalis. She was promised to rule the Castle Of Harmony when Cobalt and Aurora pass away, but all that changed when their daughter was born. Chrysalis was upset when the filly was born, and now she has to wait for the daughter of Cobalt and Aurora to pass on so she could be next in line for the throne.
"Life's not fair... is it, my little friend?" Chrysalis asked coldly.
The mouse turns to her and quickly jumps off the stool to skitter somewhere to hide.
"While some are born to feast…," Chrysalis said.
The mouse hid behind a book left on the floor.
"Others spend their lives in the dark, begging for scraps," Chrysalis said as she moved the book aside and the mouse runs off again.
"The way I see it...you and I are exactly the same," Chrysalis said as the mouse hid behind a basket.
But the Alicorn mare swatted the basket away as the mouse ran away and Chrysalis pounced on the little rodent, like a lion, and caught it with her magic.
"We both want to find a way out," Chrysalis said.
"But you on the other hoof shall never see the light of another day…Adios," Chrysalis said as she prepared to vaporize the mouse with her magic.
"Didn't your mother tell you it's not nice to torment those weaker than you," a familiar female voice said.
Chrysalis turned to see a deadpanned Luna standing near her and lightly sighed with the mouse under her hoof and said, "What do you want, Luna?".
"I am here to let you know that Rory is on her way. So I hope you have a good excuse for missing the ceremony this morning," Luna said as Chrysalis looked to see the mouse finally got itself free and ran away.
"Oh, now look Luna. You made me lose my target," Chrysalis said in mock hurt.
"Well, I'm afraid you will lose more than that when Aurora is through with you. She's as mad as a dragon with a toothache," Luna said.
"Oooooooooh...I quiver with FEAR!" Chrysalis rasped out as she crouches down and bares a sharp tooth grin at Luna.
Luna then suddenly got scared at the way Chrysalis looked at her and said as she backed away, "Now Chrysalis, don't you look at me like that,".
"HEEEEELLLLLLLPPPP!" Luna yelled as she started flying in fear.
But Chrysalis has already pounced on her and lifted Luna off the ground. But before Chrysalis could harm the Alicorn of the night, another female voice was heard calling Chrysalis's name "Chrysalis!".
Chrysalis looks behind herself to see Aurora along with Celestia, a white Alicorn mare who was only a head shorter than she was, her coat was pure white, her eyes a lovely violet, her pink mane and tail also blowing in a non-existence wind like him. Her cutie mark of a golden sun with her own golden regalia with cut amethyst crystal on her collar and crown, standing at the entrance. And Aurora seems to be quite cross with Chrysalis. "Yyyyeeesss?" Chrysalis asked, innocently.
"Put Luna down," Aurora ordered.
"Impeccable timing, sister," Luna said feeling relieved before Chrysalis tossed her aside as the blue Alicorn huffed in annoyance.
While Celestia helped her sister up to her hooves, Chrysalis sauntered over to Aurora being sarcastically overjoyed, and said, "Why! If it isn't my big Sister descending from on high to mingle with us, commoners,".
"Cobalt and I didn't see you at the presentation of Twilight," Aurora stated, furrowing her brows and the dark gray Alicorn.
Chrysalis gave a mock-gasp.
"That was today? Oh, I feel simply awful," Chrysalis said, dramatically faking despair as she scraped her horn against a wall, making a horrible screeching sound-making Celestia and Luna cringe.
But Chrysalis stopped and examined her horn, "Must've slipped my mind," She said simply.
"Yes, well as slippery as your mind is as the queens' and our sister, you should've been first in line," Luna retorted as she flew close to Chrysalis's face.
Chrysalis then snapped her jaws at her and Luna took cover behind Aurora's forelegs in fear but looks past them to sneer at Chrysalis.
"I was first in line until that little fluffball was born," Chrysalis said as she kneels and glares at Luna, scaring her again before Aurora lowered her head to meet her gaze with an annoyed expression.
"That 'fluffball'...is my daughter. And your future queen," Aurora affirmed as Chrysalis gave her a bored look and as they rose back to full height still eye to eye.
"Oh, then I shall practice my bow and my curtsy immediately," Chrysalis mocked with a smirk as she turned and walked away.
"Don't turn your wings on me Chrysalis!" Aurora said, warning her.
Chrysalis just looked back and said, "Oh no, Aurora. Perhaps you shouldn't turn your wings on me,".
Aurora became furious and magically teleported herself in front of Chrysalis and said while clenching her teeth and charging her horn with magic at her sister for the first time in a long while, "Is that a challenge I detect in your voice?!" Aurora demanded as Chrysalis for once flinching but recomposed herself.
"Temper, temper, Aurora. I wouldn't dream of challenging you, again." Chrysalis said, gesturing to her scar.
"Quite a wise decision, Chrysalis. Since you are no match for Aurora's level of magic," Celestia said, stating the facts.
"Well as far as raw power goes I got the manticore's share but when it comes to magical knowledge...I'm afraid being on the shallow end of the gene pool my big sister will always rule," Chrysalis said looking at Celestia and then at Aurora as she started walking away again somberly.
"Not always, Chrysalis. Someday, it will be my daughter who'll rule. Twilight will be your Queen," Aurora said with some pride.
"Then long live the Queen," Chrysalis said dryly, glancing back and continuing walking away.
Luna lets out a sigh and said, "There's one in every family, Aurora, three in mine unfortunately and they always seemed to ruin special occasions,".
"What am I gonna do with her?" Aurora said to herself with a sigh.
"Oh, please, Aurora. We all know that Chrysalis should've been expelled from here long ago," Celestia scoffed.
"Chrysalis is our sister, Celestia and this is her home. As long as Cobalt and I are around, that will never change," Aurora said.
"I guess you're right, Sister. But in my opinion, she would make a very lovely garden piece," Luna said.
"Luna," Aurora scolded, with a smirk.
"And just think Rory, whenever we have a bird infestation, we can have one more statue to distract them," Celestia said as the three sisters began to chuckle and started walking out back to the Castle Of Harmony.
Hours later, at night, there was a huge rainstorm that spread throughout Equestria. All the creatures who reside were all in their respective shelters and fast asleep. However, one Unicorn seems to remain awake. Inside his tower, Starswirl was completing a drawing of an Alicorn filly. He was muttering something to himself to which the filly's name was used.
"Hmmm…*Chuckling*," Starswirl chuckled as he added the final touches to the painting by painting a crown on the filly's head.
"Twilight," Starswirl said with another chuckle and admired his painting.