Chrysalis' bipedal form wasn't anthropomorphic by any means, but it was still a shock to see nevertheless. She stood on two legs that resembled the hind legs of the normal Fae around us, but they were slender, and somehow feminine enough for my baser instincts to find them attractive despite the situation. In fact, much like the form I'd seen in the show, she was slender all over.

Her tail and hair were a faded blue and appeared much as they'd looked in the show, albeit without any holes within them. Her hair especially gave me Sadako vibes. She had a dark gray carapace much like the rest of the drones except for a small section around her chest (where breasts might be if she had them, which she didn't) and her entire back which was colored a dark green. Unlike the normal Fae, she had four wings behind her, and also unlike them, her wings were the same color as the chitin on her back, dark green.

She had similar pockmarks in her own form to those of her drones. She also had sharp teeth a lot like the ones seen in the show, as well as two arms which were crossed as she grinned at me. I saw she had five digits at the end of each arm, only they weren't fingers. They were dangerous looking claws and looked capable of tearing through flesh with ease. Her bright green eyes faced me, narrowed and glowing slightly. She had ears poking out of her thin blue hair more similar to those of a Pony than her drones, and a small black crown on her forehead dotted with blue spheres on the top. And sprouting right from her head was her signature horn.

However, being the smartass I was, I just had to make one smarmy comment. I blew a raspberry and said, "I had no idea Fae Queens were so vain as to use eye shadow when they'd be hiding their forms anyway." And it looked like she had. Her eyelids were a deep shade of green.

She didn't take the bait as she stepped forward, uncrossing her arms. Her horn began to glow its sickly green. "All talk and no bite, I see. No matter. All of Celestia's love for her precious Ponies is mine anyway!"

I felt the blood drain from my face. "Shit…" I murmured before turning to the Princesses. "Teleport, now."

Before Chrysalis could do anything, Cadance lowered her shield then instantly cast the teleportation spell. We appeared out in the hallway where the delegates were staying. The moment we were out of the room, Cadance started to waver, groaning. Shining caught her in his magic. Luna turned to the start of the hallway and raised a shield around it, blocking all entrance. "Captain, assist!" she ordered.

I ran up to where Shining was still holding up Cadance. "Go, I've got her," I said.

Shining nodded gratefully, then went to Luna's side, casting his own rose-colored shield around the entrance to the hallway. By now, the commotion had begun to wake some of the delegates, and the first one to poke their head out of their room was, annoyingly, a very irate Amethyst. "What are you damned Ponies doing?! It's too early for this shit!"

"Dark Fae attack!" I replied as I glared over at the Lycan Princess while helping Cadance over to a nearby bench where Fluttershy took Cadance and began to look her over carefully. Fluttershy might have been a makeshift veterinarian, but she did say she knew a bit about how to treat Ponies. "Stay inside your room if you want to stay alive!" I added as I stood and moved to rejoin Luna and Shining Armor.

Her anger turned immediately to fear, and she ran out of the room. Behind her, a yawning Jasper walked out, apparently not having heard my announcement. "Princess? What's happening?"

From beyond the force field, Chrysalis simply stood, claws on her hips, or what little she had thanks to her slender form. Her tail curled behind her and she was smirking. "You do realize you can't hide in there forever, you fool. Not unless you wish for the Ponies of that quaint and unguarded little town to be safe."

Applejack couldn't hold herself back anymore. She rushed over and slammed her hooves on the shield, sending a ripple of energy along it. "What did ya do, ya skank!?" she shouted in pure rage.

Chrysalis just laughed again, then smirked at the Earth Pony. "Oh, don't worry. They're safe…for the moment. They don't even know we're there. Mmm, the love in that town is so abundant, but not as delectable as the love coming from that alien." And here she turned to me, pointing her index claw at me. "The moment he saw this," and she instantly changed into her Ember disguise, "well let's just say I've never felt such strong feelings of lust." She changed back into her Fae form. "So much raw emotion from one being…delicious."

The real Ember growled. "Nodragon would want those fat sacks on their chest! It's ugly as Tartarus!"

"Maybe to you, but to that alien there? Let's just say he loved it," Chrysalis said.

"Enough!" Luna shouted. "You will do no harm to our little Ponies. If you do, I shall eliminate your entire race!"

Chrysalis just chuckled. "I don't believe you're in any position to make any demands," she replied. "My Fae drones are already within that little weak and undefended village."

"Is she seriously monologuing right now?" Scarlet whispered to me. "How cliché is she?"

"There's got to be more to her than just revenge," I whispered back. "Nobody's that stupid, and Chrysalis is anything but a fool. Hold on." I walked over to Luna's side, and crossed my arms. Chrysalis gave her full attention to me as I said, "Alright, let's say we believe that pile of shit you're spewing from that cum guzzling mouth of yours. Let me point out the great flaw in your plan, your Majesty. We already figured out you want revenge. Okay, whatever, but how does this help feed your starving society? A good leader provides for their citizens, not the other way around. They are your responsibility, and you're creating a war that can eliminate sources of love for you."

"Ah, but you fail to realize one thing," Chrysalis said.

"And that is?" I asked.

She approached the shield until she was mere inches away. Leaning in, arms behind her back, she said, with venom in her voice, "Dragons tried to wipe us out. They murdered my hatchling nurse by burning her alive. We were once a proud race! Now we are reduced to this pathetic existence! I will never forgive the Dragons for that!"

"We didn't invade you, bitch!" Ember shouted. "You invaded us!"

"Lies!" Chrysalis bellowed. "You wiped out my entire race until I was the only High Fae left! Now all we have are these drones!"

"If you'd been paying attention, you'd realize that your so-called drones can actually think for themselves," I replied, walking over to a scared Thorax and putting a hand on his back. "This one simply wanted a friend. He never wanted a war."

Chrysalis finally took notice of the rebel Fae and snarled. "Traitorous bastard," she snarled. "I shall make your death as painful and slow as possible!"

He trembled in fear and tried to hide behind me. I stood protectively in front of him. "Yeah, I'm not going to sit back and let you torture my new friend here to death just because of some pathetic and one-dimensional vendetta. What are you, some villain of the week on a television show from my home planet? Oh wait, you are!"

"Keep on talking, human, see where it gets you when we're feasting on all the love in Equestria and the world!" Chrysalis retorted. She then chuckled. "Feel free to cower like the weaklings you all are. My drones are already on their way to Canterlot as we speak."

I could feel my own rage and anger building, then I remembered a small portion of the Season 3 two parter opening where Celestia and Twilight both briefly used dark magic. A stray thought passed through my mind. Why not fight fire with fire? Dark magic could help me here.

I shook my head clear of the thought and faced Chrysalis again, forcing my temper down to allow me to think more clearly. "You bring harm to any of those Ponies, and I swear I will tear off your horn myself!"

Chrysalis pretended to look frightened. "Oooh, the big scary human threatening to maim me? Seems like you're no better than me." She raised her horn, which began glowing again. "Enough talk." She quickly fired a beam of magic at the shield, and to my dismay, I saw cracks forming in the outer shell.

Luna and Shining both began strengthening their shields, but Luna was having a difficult time now. Shining, who was powering the inner shield, was putting more effort into strengthening it. I drew my sword, and I heard Gemini and Mica do the same. Ember growled and held out her claws, ready to attack. I heard the sound of magic being cast from behind me, and a couple pairs of wings flapping and hooves digging at the ground. I turned to the Lycan Ambassadors. "You two go get the others awake, now!"

Amethyst glared at me. "I don't take orders from a hairless monkey!"

"One, your Highness, only Spike gets to call me a monkey," I snapped, "and second, DO AS I SAY!" I bellowed in my own version of a Royal Canterlot Voice. "This is war! I don't care if you're the God Emperor of Mankind, GET THEM AWAKE AND PREPARED!"

Amethyst gaped at me, looking genuinely terrified. Jasper, on the other hand, put a claw on the Princess' shoulder. "Let's go, your Highness."

Begrudgingly, Amethyst walked over to the door to her right, while Jasper went to the door to her left. When something shattered, I whirled and saw one of the shields breaking. Luna was flung back, but I caught her with my magic and pulled her towards me. "Luna?" I asked, catching her in my arms.

"She is…too strong even for me," Luna said, and when she coughed up a bit of blood, I felt my blood boil. I glared with unmitigated hatred at Chrysalis, but before I could move, Luna put a hoof on my chest. "Jethro…do not let hatred lead your actions. Cooler heads will prevail. Keep your temper in check and think."

I took a deep breath, then nodded. "You're right…" Then, without thinking, I leaned down and gave Luna a kiss on the cheek. "For luck." The poor mare looked stunned, but blushed a bit as I carried her over to where Applejack and Fluttershy were still tending to Cadance. "AJ, Flutters, keep an eye on Luna too."

"Aye aye," Applejack said, snarling angrily at the Fae from beyond the shield, which Shining was desperately holding in place. However, I could already see the cracks. Twilight was beside her brother, trying to support him, but it was still not enough.

By this time, the delegates were out of their rooms. Prince Rutherford and Ambassador Veritas, despite wearing nightwear, were already awake enough to be ready for a battle. The Abyssian ambassadors were wearing what could only be described as Freddy Krueger-like claw weapons on their own claws, ready for anything. The Caribou were holding battle axes in their claws, and a part of me started wondering why the ambassadors had weapons in the first place. Amethyst, being the spoiled princess that she was, had nothing but I saw Jasper had a sword in her hand, ready to fight. Behind them, the Saddle Arabians were standing to the side, looking scared. The Deerfolk had their horns glowing, and I saw the weapons of the others glowing for a few seconds. The Hippogriff Princess was hiding behind Silverstorm, who was facing the shield, claws at the ready. And lastly, the Zebras held small clay jars in their mouths, facing the Fae with battle ready expressions. They had primitive but deadly looking spears in their hooves as well.

Just then, my sword began to glow, and small circles appeared on the blade for a bit. I looked at them in confusion, before recognizing a magic circle. As soon as they had appeared, they vanished. I turned back to the Lady Arathyra. "Lady Arathyra, what was-?"

"Magical enhancement," she explained quickly. "Now go!"

I nodded in gratitude, then faced the cracking shield and the Fae beyond. Holding up my sword, I shouted, "Be at the ready! Show no mercy!" I aimed my sword at Chrysalis and snarled, "But leave Chrysalis to me! She is mine!"

Chrysalis simply laughed at my declaration. "What do you know of war, human?"

I glared at her. "My kind have made weapons that can vaporize anyone and have created diseases deadly enough to wipe out the entire human race. Don't test me, you parasitical cunt!"

Shining Armor's shield was the only thing separating us from Chrysalis and her increasing number of Fae drones. Her green beam of magical energy increased in intensity. She rolled her eyes at my words. "You know what they say about somefae with a foul mouth, don't you? Small…brain!"

And with that, the shield shattered, flinging Twilight and Shining back. I shielded my face from the shattered portions of magic which dissolved into rosy pink and purple pieces of magic. The Fae drones didn't waste a single second. Many of them transformed into creatures I couldn't even begin to comprehend, but my gaze was focused on Chrysalis. In the back of my mind, I could hear Gemini's harsh instructions. "Mind your surroundings, whelp!" "A strong stance is essential, but don't be too tense!" "Your sword should become a part of you in a fight!"

Chrysalis looked at me, grinning as she put her claws together. "Demons Run, come forth!" she shouted. Her hands began to glow a sickly green and she began to spread them. As she continued spreading her hands, a dark black blade began to appear within a small bubble of green magical energy. It was curved like a saber and split at the tip. She grasped it and swung it down. "I'm yours, huh? And here I thought you loved the Zebra. And perhaps a few more, eh?"

I didn't waste any time. Spreading my wings, I flew towards her, sword at the ready. Quickly, and using my training to hide my intentions as best I could, I slashed down at her, intent on causing serious injury. But Chrysalis was ready and defected my sword. However, the force behind my blow was enough to push her back. That was, until she stuck her hooves down hard, cracking the floor. I landed and jumped back, sword at the ready.

Chrysalis grinned as she spread her own wings. "You realize you're outnumbered, right?"

"That may be so, but you are clearly outmatched," I replied, grinning.

"We'll see," she said. And then she attacked.

I acted on reflex, but to my surprise she seemed slow. I could see the direction her sword was aimed as she swung it. Instantly, I knew something was more off about that sword than I first realized, so I deflected it with ease, pushing back against her and forcing her back with all my Earth Pony strength. However, she got a good grip on the floor again and stopped me. Seemed she was plenty strong despite looking so slender. I saw her chitin ripple a bit as she began to push me back. With a single swipe, she sent me flying, but thanks to my training and some experimentation, I was able to spread my wings and land upright a few meters from her.

Chrysalis smirked. "You've got some skills, but you'll still lose," she said as she raised her sword.

"And why's that?" I asked, that same small voice inside me just begging to tempt fate.

"You still lack the drive to kill." And she charged again.

I raised my sword and brought it down to block hers, only this time I brought up my leg and stomped on the ground. I was rewarded by the floor beneath Chrysalis lifting up, sending her flying. Of course, the problem with fighting someone with wings is that they can right themselves easily enough. I pressed the advantage by flying towards her, kicking at her exposed chest and sending her through a window into the night. I tore the rest of the window out with magic and flew after her, but she'd vanished.

I flew around, hovering and doing my best to expand my natural and Pegasus senses as far as they could go. All I could hear was the fighting below and the noise of animals in the forest outside, completely oblivious to the fighting within.

A whisp of air brushed against me, and I turned just in time to bring my sword up to block Chrysalis' own blade, but just barely. Sparks flew with the contact as she pushed me towards the Everfree Forest. Her eyes glowed bright green and she smirked as her blade moved down my own. I flapped my wings harder and pushed her back, then flew out of range before deciding to use some actual magic. Holding out my left hand, my fingers began glowing their signature color before changing to blue. Five bolts of deadly lightning shot out of my hand, directly towards Chrysalis. However, she managed to raise a green shield, deflecting the bolts which struck the forest below and starting a small blaze.

She laughed. "Pathetic use of magic, human! Let me show you how it's done!" She raised her horn and it began to glow. It fired off of beam of potent magical energy, and I had barely enough time to dodge. I flew out of its projected path as it tore through the forest below, setting the portions it had struck with a green blaze which slowly turned into a normal looking one.

I used the one spell I was confident in, telekinesis, to lift a few boulders from the ground. I flung them at Chrysalis with incredible speed, but her shield shattered them before they could even reach her. She laughed harder as she held out her hand this time. Her clawtips glowed and suddenly extended towards me. I wasn't fast enough to dodge completely, and a sharp pain spread through my forearm where the claw had made a deep cut.

I was pissed now, and I thought once more about tapping into dark magic, or trying to. But Luna's words came back to me, about letting cooler heads prevail. That, and Gemini's teachings screamed at me. Specifically the one where she'd said, "Never let your anger control you. Anger might be a powerful tool, but that is what it is. A tool. Never let the tool control you. Now drop and give me fifty, whelp!"

I channeled my magic into my sword, and was rewarded by seeing the magic circles from before reappearing, but in my own magical color. Chrysalis' expression darkened as she held up her own sword. "You think your unnamed blade is meant to challenge Demons Run? I think not!" Her blade began glowing once more, and something oily began to move over its surface. "Your love will be mine!"

"Sorry, but I'm not into bug girls, despite how attractive you may look now," I said, smirking at her and hoping that the latter part of my sentence would catch her off guard.

Which it didn't. "Nice try, human." And she charged again.

I flew towards her, trying to muster up the will to kill, but it just didn't want to come. Chrysalis wasn't Eris, after all. Our blades connected, and a large shower of sparks flew up from the contact, illuminating her face. She had a smug expression on her face as her horn began to glow again. I barely had time to swear out before a blast of magic engulfed me and sent me falling fast towards the ground. I tried to get my bearings and slow down with my wings, but my momentum was too fast.

I didn't even have enough air to scream in pain as I slammed into the trees and right into a large tree as all the wind was knocked out of me. I didn't feel anything broken, and I attributed that to me purposely going limp as I fell to lessen the chance of broken bones. I had barely enough time to recover before I heard the sound of an approaching blast of magic. I threw myself onto the ground, the blast missing me by the skin of my teeth. Almost literally. I rolled over, summoned my sword to me with my magic and extended my Pegasus senses, looking for a clearing where I could fly back up. Behind me, the tree that Chrysalis had struck burst into flames and I heard some animals squeaking as they fled from their, presumably, burning home.

Holding up my hands, I made the trees spread aside before flying back up into the air, leaping up using my Earth Pony strength high enough to get lift. And felt a fist connect with my stomach as I did so. The air was knocked out of me again as a claw wrapped around my neck. Only it wasn't a claw. I found myself staring into the face of Zecora, her Anthro version, or a messed-up version of it. Her face was twisted into a nasty grin, and in Zecora's heavenly voice, twisted to suit her needs, Chrysalis sneered. "Come, my darling lover, come to bed with-URK!"

My fist connected with her jaw, sending her flying away, the disguise vanishing instantly. "Why does every shapeshifting villain try that shit," I asked aloud. "It won't work for me, you cumdumpster slut!"

She snarled in rage and began to transform once more, only now she had the form of a massive mixture between a bee and a panda bear. A bugbear. She roared in fury and zoomed towards me, stinger pointed directly at my head. I dodged, but barely once more as I was starting to feel a bit weak. Looking down at my small wound, I saw it was still pouring blood. "Shit," I murmured as I tried my best to tear off some of my clothes to bind the wound, apologizing to Rarity in my head as I did so.

Down below, Chrysalis, still in the form of a bugbear, had stuck her stinger in a tree after missing me and was beginning to change into something else. To my shock and horror, she turned into a massive dragon who then turned to me, growling as her mouth opened. A blast of green fire shot out towards me as I stopped hovering and fell out of the reach of the flame. However, she only started following me around as I tried to dodge while simultaneously trying to tie some of my torn clothes around my wound to keep me from bleeding out.

"You won't escape me, human fool!" Chrysalis bellowed. "You will be mine!"

"Sorry! I'm not into sex dungeons unless I'm the jailkeeper!" I retorted as she breathed fire towards me once again.

Just then, a figure slammed into the dragon's midsection, throwing the Fae turned Dragon off balance and flying. I saw a dark gray figure with a crimson mane flying towards me, worry clear in her red eyes. "Jethro!"

"Scarlet, get away from here! She's too dangerous!" I shouted, pushing her aside to focus on the danger in front of me.

"If there's one thing Rainbow Dash has told me, it's to never abandon your friends, or the man you love," Scarlet shouted back, hovering next to me and moving her hooves as if cracking knuckles. "I'm not leaving you, Jethro!"

"Aww, how sweet," Chrysalis said with a grin, "more love to feast on. And what an intense love that Pegasus has. I can practically taste her desire for you."

"This is between you and me, bitch," I snarled at Chrysalis as I finished the makeshift bandaged, tightening it as hard as I could.

"Now where's the fun in that?" she asked. "Besides, she'll make a delicious snack for my drones while I constantly drain you! In more ways than one!"

"Jesus, she's hornier than I am," Scarlet quipped as she moved closer, almost protectively in front of me.

"Nobody's hornier than you," I replied as I held up my sword in my good right hand. "Fine, if you want to fight, we take her together. No Anakin shit."

"Never," she said, glaring at Chrysalis with pure rage.

"This is going to be so much fun," the Fae queen said, raising her sword. "Bring it on!" And she charged again.