Cadence and Shining Armor eventually got a divorce after the big event of the Grand Galloping Gala as they were invited, a long fight lasting about the whole night about an argument about the decision of Cadence having a baby, which Shining Armor wanted badly but Cadence wasn't ready. So she ruled the Crystal Empire, sad, depressed, and alone. Sure, she'd be visited a lot by Twilight and her friends, but everyone's cheeriness and Pinkie Pie's 'cheer up' parties couldn't pull her out of her depression. The power of the Crystal Empire began to fade each day, making the love powering the Crystal heart fade as well. But the kingdom's crystals and diamonds never stopped shining in the daylight and the beauty and happiness of the kingdom stayed alive as well by the townsfolk. But always from afar, in the shadows, lurked a curious and mischievous Changling Queen, studying her prey to get her revenge ever since the royal wedding between Cadence and Shining Armor. One fateful night, after a royal ball hosted at the Crystal Empire, when Cadence trudged back to her room to sleep, once she was fully inside the Queen revealed herself. She cast a spell upon the room so Cadence could not escape, and no one could hear her screams and pleads for help. But something fluttered in Chrysalis's heart at the sound of Cadence's screams, as if a burning desire conquered her cold stone heart. A burning desire for love and passion to regain it's strength inside her once more after she lost her husband many moons ago. The alicorns begin confessing information about their pasts, learning more about each other rather than killing each other. The two ponies grow a fondness for one another, becoming friends and forgetting their past. Chrysalis remembered her plan for revenge and her kingdom that relied on her for love to feed off, but she couldn't possibly find anymore that was strong enough as Cadence's and Shining Armor's. She needed a plan to figure out this mess, but eventually finding unlikely love between her the one she never expected.