Chrysalis has been ruling over Equestria for three long, grueling months. She started out with visiting me regularly each day. She would try to make conversation, casually slipping in a comment about how I helped her to rule Equestria or to gloat. But after our last little... visit two and half weeks ago, I haven't seen her. As I lay on the cold, hard stone floor of the prison cell, I wonder how I fell for her tricks. It's quite obvious, though. She took whatever weakness she could find, and she used it against me. I feel so stupid for falling for those tricks. How could I have been such an idiot? I sigh and look through the bars of my cell. I stare past the bars, at the door on the other side of them at the far end of the room. Suddenly, a bright green field of energy envelopes them. They slowly open to reveal the only creature I didn't want to see. "Good afternoon, my dear Rainbow Dash." Queen Chrysalis greeted. I only glared in response. The queen of the changelings looked at the guards in the room and gave them a silent nod. They gave a silent nod in reply and did the one thing I feared they would do; they left me alone with Chrysalis. After what happened during our last visit, being alone with Chrysalis for an unknown amount of time- or any time, really- was the last thing I wanted. "Aren't you going to say hello to me?" she asked. "Fine." I said through gritted teeth. I inhaled and exhaled deeply, then forced a smile. "Hello, Queen Painintheass!" I sneered, making the last four words run together into a name. Chrysalis really was a pain in the ass, to be honest. I hated her with every fiber of my being. I genuinely smiled -though it was more of a smirk-when I saw the offended look on her face. "Are you really that angry with me?" she asked me. Angry? I wasn't angry- I was infuriated! "Of coarse I'm angry! I mean, who does that?!" I demanded, referring to her actions from our past meeting. "Oh Rainbow Dash, you're only mad because you're confused. If I would've told you sooner, you'd be perfectly fine with it by now." she assured me. "Although, the current circumstances didn't help." she added. "Fine with it?! As if! In case you forgot; I punched you in the face, pushed you so hard that when you landed on your back it knocked the breath out of you, and I left you with a bloody lip!" I growled at her. A shadow passed across the changeling's face. "I remember." she replied darkly. The shadow disappeared and she continued to speak with the same confident, evil air. "But I'm willing to put that behind me. Like I said, you're tired, confused,-" She stopped and teleported into my cell. She reached foreward with one of her hoofs and felt my forehead. "- and probably running a temperature." she finished. Apparently sensing my discomfort, she teleported out of my cell. "Anyways, you know why I'm here." she said. She then repeated one of the same actions from our meeting that we had about a month after I had been imprisoned. Green energy enveloped her horn and a small box appeared. It was colored like a rainbow, with two jewels on top. The first jewel was a sickly bright green, shaped just like Queen Chrysalis's crown. The jewel directly under it was red and shaped like a lightning bolt. She slid the box between the bars of my cell. I walked up to the front of my cell, sitting right in front of the box. I didn't bother to look in it, or even touch it. I already knew what the box felt like, and what was in it. This was Chrysalis's entire negotiation. Some might wonder how it holds any significance, but it does. This box is my ticket out of this cell. My ticket to being a ruler. My one-way ticket that entitles me to power and riches beyond belief! But it also entitles... Well, I try not to think about that part. "So," she said, a persuasive tone to her voice. "What is your answer Rainbow Dash? Will you accept this box and all this negotiation entails, or will you spend yet another day in this rat-infested dungeon?" Chrysalis asked, trying to make the latter option sound as unappealing as possible. I sighed and gazed up at Chrysalis. I smiled and made my eyes a bit wide, trying to make them tear up ever so slightly. I saw Chrysalis's gaze soften to a great extent. She leaned closer to the bars of the cell and bent her neck a little so that we were eye-level with each other. I knew she expected me to say yes with this look on my face. I then gave my response. "Queen Chrysalis..." I said, waiting for her to reply. "Yes, Rainbow Dash?" she asked me. I then spoke slowly. "Of...course...I...WON'T!" I screamed the last word. I stood up and growled, my face twisting into a sneer of pure hatred. I picked the box up with my mouth and slung it out of my cage, hitting Chysalis in the face. I glared at her, and she glared back. "I'm trying to be patient and give you a chance to warm up to the idea. You should be grateful for that. But if you do not submit willingly soon, I'll just make you submit by force! Do not try my patience, for it is wearing awfully thin. You have until the end of next week, which is the day before the last day of the month. The day after your deadline, you will be given a different choice. Not the yes or no of accepting the deal, but rather if you prefer to go willingly or unwillingly. You have until the end the month to think it over. I'll be back each day though." Chrysalis informed me. She turned her back on me and began to walk out the doors, which she had opened with her magic again. She turned to look at me over her shoulder. "Oh, and Rainbow Dash?" Her face darkened. "Don't disappoint me." she warned. She walked through the doors and slammed them behind her, causing the entire dungeon to shake. I was doomed, now. Whether I like it or not, unless I can figure out some super awesome plan, I will be just another one of Chysalis's slaves before the month is over. I'm doomed.