I rushed up towards her before Scarlet could do anything, deflecting Chrysalis' blade with plenty of force before pouring more magic into my own sword, pushing her back into the sky as hard as I could.
Deciding to press the advantage, I flew after her fast, raising my sword and arcing it down hard towards her horn, but she quickly deflected my attack and unleashed a flurry of attacks. I did my best to deflect them, and thanks to my training, I'd like to think I did alright for my first real fight, but I was working now on pure adrenaline and reflex.
I winced as two more smaller cuts formed on my cheek and chest, tearing open my clothes. Fortunately, they seemed minor in comparison to my first cut, so I pushed through the pain and tried looking for an opening. However, Chrysalis was too good a fighter to have any kind of obvious opening.
While I was locked in a duel with her, I saw Scarlet trying to stealthily bring a small cloud over towards us. I kept my eyes locked on Chrysalis so as not to alert her to the approaching small thundercloud. When Scarlet jumped up, I slammed my sword forward towards Chrysalis, sending her back into the path of the lightning bolt that shot directly into the High Fae's chest. She screamed and began falling.
Knowing better than to miss an opportunity, I shot down, quickly swinging and finally landing a blow on her own arm. She screamed in pain as disgusting green blood shot out of her wound. But the next few seconds, the blood from her wound began to staunch, then the wound itself closed up, leaving nothing but dried blood caked to her chitin. Her scream turned to laughter as she steadied herself in the air. "You thought that would stop me, human fool?" She swung her blade at me again and I blocked it, sending more sparks flying everywhere once again. "Thanks to all of Celestia's love, I'm unstoppable!"
Her laughter was cut off by Scarlet slamming into Chrysalis' back, sending her spiraling away. "God, I hate that speech. So cliché."
"Like the paper cutout caricature she is!" I added, encasing Chrysalis in my telekinetic grasp and pushing her down towards the ground again.
Unfortunately, the magic Chrysalis must have absorbed from Celestia caused her to shatter my grip on her as she shot back up towards me, sword up and teeth bared. I flew down towards her, wings at my side to increase my speed.
This time, I took the initiative and slammed my sword down onto hers, but without giving her a chance to recover, I put enough force as I could into a punch from my wounded arm, slamming her down towards the ground.
Her horn glowed and she vanished in a flash of green light. I spread my wings, slowing my descent as fast as I could and looking around. Only to see a green flash appear near where Scarlet was. The Pegasus had barely enough time to dodge the sword slash, but I heard her grunt in pain as Chrysalis cut her somewhere.
I forced my rage down, but kept some of it awake to use as a tool. Flying up, I caught Scarlet in my arms and flew out of range of Chrysalis' sword. "Are you alright?" I asked fearfully.
"She just cut my chest a bit," she grunted in pain. "I'm fine."
I looked down and saw a large cut on her chest. I removed my hoodie and flew down to the ground, wrapping her up in it. "Stay here. I'm not going to lose anyone."
Scarlet stubbornly shook her head. "It's just a scratch," she said.
"You've been hanging with Rainbow Dash too long," I said as I quickly used my magic to tie her wound up. "This is no time to play the hero-"
"Look out!" Scarlet shouted, kicking me out of the way and sending me sprawling just as a dark green blast of magic engulfed her. Her screams of agony filled the night air until they suddenly began to weaken as the magical glow began moving in reverse. A pink mist began to flow out from her chest, heading towards Chrysalis. Scarlet looked over at me, a weak smile on her face.
That cunt is so dead! I glared up at Chrysalis and launched into the air, sword behind me and ready to make a decisive blow. When I reached her, I swung at her neck, but she blocked it. However, the blow was enough to cause her to stop eating Scarlet's love and flung us higher and higher into the air.
She flew out of my reach, grinning triumphantly. "My my, such feelings of love for this one. Planning on forming a hive of your own, are you?"
"None your damned business, whore," I retorted as I raised my hand again, firing off more bolts of blue lightning.
She held up her sword, and to my shock it absorbed the magic, lighting up briefly. I stopped and gaped for a bit before backing away, raising my sword in defense and trying to think as to why she hadn't used that sword's ability before. She just laughed at my confusion before flying back down. I saw her sword now glowing a deeper green as it collided with mine.
That was when I noticed it. A slight draining in the magic within me. She pushed me down, starting to overpower me with her strength. I flapped my wings harder to fight back, but it felt harder to push her back than before. I glanced briefly at the sword, then I remembered her throne. She saw me glance at it, and laughed. "Finally figured it out, did you?" She swung her legs forward and kicked me in the chest, causing me to careen down and impact the ground hard.
I groaned and tried to recover my breath, just in time for Chrysalis to launch herself at me, blade aimed at me. I spun out of the way, keeping my wings close to me so as not to give her a wide target. I heard her grunt as her sword dug deep into the ground.
Getting to my feet, I charged at her and brought my fist up, aiming for her face. She turned and caught my fist in her claw, smirking as she lifted a knee up towards my crotch. I quickly deflected it with my own knee. The next thing I knew, I was reeling back thanks to her headbutt. The world spun around me as I tried to shake it off, but a fist to my jaw sent me sprawling once again, my sword flying out of my hand.
I had just enough time to sit up and shake off most of the pain when a claw wrapped around my neck and began to squeeze. Chrysalis was straddling me now, claw around my neck. She smirked. "Looks like I have the upper claw now," she said, right before her horn began to glow. Opening her mouth, I saw a very potent pink mist begin flowing out of my chest and into her mouth.
The will to kill…the will to kill…why can't I get it?! I shouted in my head. I had it with Eris! Why can't I get it here?!
As I felt myself growing weaker, I looked around, finally spotting my sword a few meters out of reach. I slowly held out my hand, but Chrysalis grabbed it and pinned me down, moving closer as all the love energy within me continued to be drained. "Mmm…so potent. I'm going to enjoy draining you daily, and in more ways than one." She bit her lip and looked me up and down. "Yes…you'll do perfectly."
And suddenly, she opened her mouth wide. Quickly pushing my head to the side, she exposed my neck and bit into it like some sort of vampire. I screamed in agony as she bit down harder, moaning in what sounded like ecstasy before she pulled away, licking her surprisingly clean lips. "That's quite the delectable taste."
"NO!" a familiar male voice shouted before Chrysalis was forced off of me, the pink mist vanishing as Thorax slammed himself into the queen, sending the two tumbling.
As I felt my strength coming back to me, I sat up and put a hand to my neck, half expecting to find a bloody mess where she bit me. But I only saw the wetness of some sort of thick saliva. I turned and saw Thorax standing in front of Chrysalis, his horn glowing. To my surprise, his wings now were glowing a sparkling aquamarine color just like they had in the Season six finale episode. Chrysalis glowered down at Thorax, pure rage filling her face as she summoned her sword to her side. "Traitorous drone!" she bellowed.
"I won't let you hurt my new friend!" Thorax said, wings extended as he put himself between me and the queen before he launched himself at her.
Caught off guard, Chrysalis flew back out of Thorax's reach. Thorax was clearly scared, but the amount of bravery in him clearly meant more than his fear as he tried to fight off the queen. He did manage to get a few blows in, but for the most part she easily blocked him once she recovered. "You're a fool if you think we can become friends with Ponies and their pets," she snarled.
"We never tried!" Thorax said desperately. "Don't do this, please!" He looked pleadingly at her, but a kick sent him sprawling.
As he coughed, trying to regain his strength, she walked up to him slowly, sword raised. "Then I suppose I've no further use for you." And with that, she moved and her sword impaled the Fae drone.
"THORAX!" I shouted in horror as Chrysalis callously removed the sword from his chest and kicked her former subject away towards the castle. He landed against the wall, collapsing into a heap.
Chrysalis turned to me, Thorax's green blood dripping off of her sword. "Awww, is someone angry?"
Don't rise to her challenge, part of me thought. Focus on putting her out of commission. However, a darker part of me thought No, fuck that! Put her out of commission permanently! I summoned my sword, which came to me a bit slower than it normally would, and caught it with my remaining good hand. "You…BITCH!" I bellowed in my Canterlot Voice.
"Oooh, now that's a nice mouth," she crooned. "Like I said, no brain."
I started letting some more of my rage loose, and I began seeing red. Quite literally as a mist began forming around my forehead. I thought I glimpsed some of the red mist pass over an invisible horn sticking out of my head, but it was gone before I could see anything. I lifted up a few dozen rocks about the size of a pebble nearby. "Just as David did against Goliath, I will end you!" I shouted as I flung the rocks towards her as fast as I could.
Since they weren't magical, her sword couldn't absorb the magic, but she was still able to repel most of them by deflecting them with her sword like some Jedi. A few rocks, however, did hit their mark, but not in anyplace that would do serious damage. I was pleased, however, to see one had hit her on the forehead, making her bleed down into her eyes. Unfortunately, as had happened before, her wounds closed up, and her rage turned to glee. "Nice try," she smirked. Then she charged again.
I jumped up, flying out of range of her sword. I realized now that it had nearly identical properties to her throne as seen on the show. It could absorb my magic, but at a smaller level than her throne. It was probably due to its size, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out why it didn't work on me before.
"Come back here, coward!" Chrysalis shouted, spreading her wings and buzzing after me.
"Catch me first!" I replied, keeping my distance while my mind raced to formulate a plan. I had to get that sword away from her. But magic wouldn't work, and I felt my strength waver whenever I was close, so my only option was to knock it of her claw using something else. Quickly looking around, I saw a flaming tree just beginning to fall. I grabbed it in my magic and brought it towards Chrysalis fast.
Seeing it approach, she swung her sword at it, splitting it in half. She turned to me, grinning. "That the best you've got?! Pathetic for a so-called knight!"
"And yet, you've still gotten hit by me, a Pegasus and a drone!" I replied mockingly.
She snarled. "Don't push your luck, fool!" And she vanished in a teleportation spell before appearing in front of Scarlet.
My heart sank as she raised her sword. If there was ever a time to master teleportation, it was now! The world seemed to stop as I tried to follow Twilight's instructions on how to teleport. Put a clear picture in my mind…as clear as I could make it. Then let the magic flow through you. I flew down fast, just in case it didn't work.
I felt magic flow around my entire body and sword, and just before Chrysalis could bring the sword down, my vision was filled with a bright glow. Then I was standing in front of Scarlet. And a searing pain shot up through my shoulder blade. Scarlet's eyes widened and she too screamed my name in terror.
I turned back, gritting my teeth and holding back my subsequent screams. Chrysalis' eyes were glowing brightly and had a triumphant glint within them. Her sword was digging deep into my shoulder. She pulled it out and kicked me right in the wound. I fell forward, feeling my magic drain away as Chrysalis stomped her hoof on my wound, digging it in. "Mmmm…can't have you dying yet. Your love is too delectable to let slip away."
I heard fabric tearing, then to my disgust I felt something slimy on my wound. Someone smacked their lips, and I realized she'd actually licked me. The pain began to subside before she kicked me onto my back and held her sword against my neck. "Brave, but foolish, my new human toy. I am going to enjoy making you mine."
"I don't…think so…bitch!" a new voice shouted as a magical blast struck Chrysalis from behind. She flew over me and landed a few meters away. I heard her sword fall on the ground. Standing protectively in front of Scarlet was Sunset Shimmer, her horn glowing brightly and her face contorted into pure rage.
Before Chrysalis could recover, I rushed to where her sword was and used what strength I had to kick it away. Fortunately, the effects of the draining hadn't left me completely without Earth Pony strength as it went sailing towards the ravine. It fell down said ravine, and the farther away it sailed, the more my magic began to return. Chrysalis whirled towards me, snarling. "I don't need a sword to fight!"
I brought up my sword and winced as the pain in my shoulder increased again, but I grit down the pain. "Then you won't mind if I do this!" I shot out lightning at her again.
She raised a shield and deflected it, appearing nonchalant about it. "Seriously? Is that all you have?"
"It works for Darth Sideous, and it'll work for you," I snarled.
She ignored the reference and held out her horn. It glowed and a blast of magical energy shot out towards me. Sunset raised a shield around me, but it didn't last long since Chrysalis' magic was still too powerful. Her shield shattered faster than Luna's did, and she went sprawling as well. The moment she hit the castle wall, I heard a bone snap and an ear-piercing scream from her as one of her forelegs bent backward at an awkward angle. She collapsed, holding her leg with the other.
The part of me that was trying to get me to use dark magic was screaming at me. Fight fire with fire! I should use it! I forced the voice down, staring at Chrysalis. "You…are…DEAD!" And I spread my wings, charging at her.
Only to find myself engulfed in a green glow, throwing me back against the castle wall near where Sunset was still cradling her broken leg. The wind was once more knocked out of my lungs as a claw grabbed my neck. Chrysalis lifted me up, focusing her eyes on me. Into me. "Become mine, human," she whispered in a sickeningly sweet sensual tone.
My mind locked up, and all I could see was her eyes. Her gorgeous…green…eyes…
Chrysalis grinned and moved closer. "The love you can produce can work so many miracles within my race. It might be what I need to bring the High Fae back. Become mine, human, and in time we shall make this world into a glorious paradise." She moved my head aside and bit into my neck once again. Only, instead of the immense pain from before, it was pure bliss.
Wake up, Jethro! Wake up! Part of my mind fought back, but the other part thought why would I want to fight against pure joy and bliss? She's a Fae! More than that, a High Fae!
Fight it! FIGHT IT!
Why fight the inevitable?
She's a skank! She's using us! She doesn't love us!
She can give us anything we want. A throne. Prestige beyond our understanding.
Shut…up…
She can make us a king!
Shuuut…uuup…
The power she can give us will-YEOW!
Sudden pain rushed up from my shoulder. I looked down at it, my senses clear again. I saw a pair of talons digging in, and looking up I saw a worried looking Eve glancing down at me. I blinked, and I found myself staring once more into Chrysalis' glowing eyes. Only the seductive gaze was slowly turning into rage. I had barely enough time to question why I was talking like Smeagol when she slammed me back into the wall. "Such strength…impressive for a weak human pretending to be a knight! Well, perhaps I should just do this!" She opened her mouth and the pink mist began flowing out of my chest to her mouth again.
As I felt the love within me draining once more. My hands felt weak, and I tried to grip my sword with what strength I had left, but it continued to seep away from me. In the moment, every part of my body was screaming at me to just give in. Just sleep…it's so much easier to give in, so why fight it?
Fight it…I have to…for my friends…for…for…EQUESTRIA!
With the final bit of strength I had left, I gripped my sword and brought it up, thrusting it through her abdomen. It didn't penetrate through much, but thankfully it was enough to break her concentration. She screamed in satisfying agony and dropped me.
Taking in deep breaths of air to try and clear my head, I tried summoning my sword back to me, but Chrysalis still had too much strength. She grabbed it by the blade itself, then to my horror, shattered it with her green magic, tossing the bits and pieces aside before she charged me, claws extended.
Grunting in pain, I threw myself to the side, barely avoiding her grasp. Quickly standing, I moved away from her, feeling my strength and love returning to me. I heard Chrysalis hiss before giving chase. "I will have you, willing or no!"
I flipped her the bird as I sped up, spreading my wings and taking flight again. "I always figured Fae were sexual predators!" I shouted back in as defiant a voice as I could muster, but what came out was something more like a croak.
As I continued flying back up into the sky, Chrysalis giving chase, she only laughed. "Oh trust me, I can give you so much pleasure. One night with me will ruin you for other females!"
"I've already been ruined for human women!" I shouted back, finally feeling confident enough in my strength to spin around. Only for Chrysalis to collide with me at top speed. I quickly wrapped my arm around her waist, then grabbed her neck, squeezing with more and more strength. "And you won't EVER change that, you diseased mosquito!"
Just then, an idea came to mind. I looked up at the cold winter sky, then back at her. Insectoid or not, she couldn't be immune to the cold. If it works for Iron Man, it'll work on her, I thought as I began to fly up, higher and higher into the atmosphere.
She whirled on me, fury in her eyes as she grasped my arm with her free hand, trying to tear it off and tear into it, but I let more and more of my rage build up to stave off the pain, pushing us higher into the cold winter night air. We broke through a bank of clouds briefly, drenching my clothes and her chitin. The cold began to become intense but I didn't care. I was bleeding from my left hand now, but I didn't care. All that mattered was freezing Chrysalis.
Seeing my determination, the queen raised her claw and tried to scratch at me, but I grabbed it with the hand that was around her waist, holding it in place. She hissed at me, her red tongue slithering in rage as the temperature around us began plummeting faster and faster. I took three deep breaths, holding the last one in place. When Chrysalis saw this, her eyes widened and for the first time I saw fear in those green orbs of hers. She struggled against me more, digging deeper into the hand locked around her neck.
Finally, I saw ice crystals forming around Chrysalis' chitin, which she tried to break off with her magic, but the more she did the faster the ice crystals formed. She began gasping for breath, eyes becoming bloodshot, which was unusual since her blood was green. She looked at me in terror. "Mer…cy…" she managed to gasp out.
"No mercy from me, bitch!" I shouted as best as I could, but I could feel hypothermia beginning to set in. Not deterred, I continued flying higher and higher. Despite some of my Pegasus abilities keeping me warm, it wasn't enough since I didn't have fur like a Pony. I squeezed my hand around her neck harder, and saw her chitin starting to crack. She thrashed around in pure terror and reflex now, but I continued holding her in place. Finally, she began to gasp as the air around us began to thin.
Then, her eyes rolled back into her skull and she went limp, her wings and limps just flailing around in the high winds of Equestria's upper atmosphere. I was so relieved, that I just let her go. She floated briefly in the air before beginning to fall to the ground below. Followed closely by me.
I struggled to maintain consciousness, but the winds buffeting against me as I fell were too cold and too hard for me to even attempt to fly in. I fell, unable to move thanks to hypothermia. I tried moving around to see where I was falling to, but the more I twisted my body the faster I spun. I only caught brief glimpses of the rising ground, but it looked like I was falling right towards the ravine where the Tree of Harmony resided.
The harder I fought to stay awake, the more tired I became until finally, I started seeing black spots on the outskirts of my vision, which quickly moved in closer, forming a tunnel. I saw a glimpse of red and orange in my receding vision, then blackness.