About 3 moons ago.

Steps echo through the halls of the palace as hooves collide with stone. The hooves that belonged to that pony were a deep purple and were sturdy, he had bat wings and a curved horn on his head. His hair was slicked back as and wore a large necklace that had an amethyst in the center, a gift from his late mother.

Large gold-colored doors swung open as the bat pony approached them, leading straight to a throne room where the queen currently sat on her throne. The purple pony walked up to the queen before bowing and speaking softly, "It's always pleasant to meet with you, my queen."

"Cut the chitchat Heleno. You contacted me. What do you want?" the queen spoke loudly.

Heleno gasped playfully, like he was mocking her. "I've come to notice that you've been having some trouble with getting food for your subjects." As he spoke he walked around the room, teleporting around before appearing next to the queen's throne and leaning his elbow on it as he rubbed his hoof on his chest as if to polish it and continued, "Maybe I could be of assistance. I have some abilities that could aid us in taking what is rightfully ours."

The Queen raised an eyebrow and looked intrigued, "I'm listening."

"What if I told you I have the ability to control the weather, cloudy, rain, or shine, anything. I can control them all. We can take over one city that near them and they'll come running to help, leaving their precious country unprotected. There's also a way for me to make the elements be on our side." Heleno grinned evilly. "We could be so powerful, not even the Alicorn Sisters could stop us. So, what do you say my queen, how about teaming up with me?"

"This is no easy feat, I couldn't even defeat them with all the power I had. How do you expect them to conform?"

"A potion of multiple herbs, mixed correctly, they can do wonders on the mind."

The queen straightened up in her seat as she looked down at Heleno, "Alright, if you succeed i will grant you one request of your choosing." she turned to glare at him, "but if you fail I will banish you to a wasteland."

Heleno gulped, but bowed in acceptance. "I look forward to working with you Queen Chrysalis." He turned to leave, but stopped when the Queen called out to him.

"What city should we start with?"

He turned his head to face the queen. "White Mare Lake."