Hestaria flew for what seem like only a few minutes. Bellow her, an ocean of dark green trees passed beneath. The moon was high above her as she spotted massive stone columns peaking out of the trees and beyond them, a decrepit old castle over grown over what seemed like a thousand years. Hestaria slowed down and landed in the highest room of the main building.

“Who does he think he is!?” she shouted to no pony in particular. “Telling me what I’m suited for. I’m the strongest flyer on that stupid campus.”

“He has no right to even tell you these things.” A distorted mare’s voice said.

Hestaria looked around the small room she was in only to find it empty. “Who’s there?” she asked ready to kick somepony’s teeth in.

“Do not be afraid young bat pony, I only wish to speak with you for a moment.”

A tall dark mare stepped out from the shadows in front of Hestaria. She had a long, pail purple mane, a tall misshapen horn and bat wings. Her voice was smooth and regal. From the top of her head, a small crown sat in her mane. Her eyes, those, piercing green serpant eyes stared straight into Hestaria’s soul.

“What are you?” Hestaria asked slowly settling into a fighting stance.

“I am Queen Chrysalis, and I think we can help each other.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I have an army ready to destroy this cursed land. Everything you resent could be destroyed in a matter of days, if you do me this one favor.”

“What?” Hestaria said confused.

“My army isn’t as you would expect. They are outcasts, just like you.”

“You really know how to make a mare feel better about herself don’t you?”

“You know you are. You have been one since the day you were born. We are like you, and we can make him pay for his impotence. If you are to join us, you must kill your Captain.”

“Kill The Captain?”

“Only then can we strike unopposed. He is the nexus force in Canterlot. His death would me the division between the two sisters and therefore a weak city waiting to be crushed beneath my hoofs. Will you accept this offer?”

Hestaria hesitated. An entire army of bat ponies? She said that they were like her didn’t she? Acceptance, but at the cost of all of Equestria. Hestaria weighed the risks and came to a decision.