Everyone turned around and looked at Fluttershy in surprise.

"What do you mean?" Adagio asked with both skepticism and curiosity.

"Well, she's obviously connected to you. So I was just thinking that maybe we could use that connection as a way to get inside her head."

"I gathered that. But how?" Adagio was getting impatient.

"We form a circle around you. The girls that is. We're the ones with the magic. You stand or sit in the center and think about Chrysalis. We'll focus on you. Maybe that way we can give you enough strength to travel into her mind and get her location."

Adagio turned to Sunset with a questioning expression.

"It could work Dag. It's worth a try; besides I'm here to protect you."

Adagio turned back to Fluttershy. "Ok. Do it."

The boys stood back as the girls sat down in a circle around Adagio. Adagio sat down on the ground as soon as the circle was complete.

"Everyone join hands," Fluttershy said. "Adagio, close your eyes and think about Chrysalis. Think about her voice, what she looked liked, concentrate on everything you've ever noticed in any of her visits to you. Everyone else, close your eyes and think about Adagio. Just focus all your energy on her."

At first, nothing happened. Then a faint, white, glowing light appeared around each girl. Then each individual light slowly expanded and linked together to encompass the entire circle. The floor beneath Adagio began to glow as small fingers of light snaked up and around her.

Adagio lost the feeling of the floor she was sitting on. She lost all feeling. It felt as though she was an unbridled consciousness afloat in the ether. Then all of a sudden she felt as if she was traveling through a tunnel at the speed of light. Strips of red light whizzed past her. At first it was only one here or there. Then it was multitudes. Finally she was surrounded by red.

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Chrysalis was sitting behind her desk reading one of the archaic books the cult had brought her when she suddenly was seized by a blinding, pounding headache. She screamed in pain as she grabbed her head and laid it on the desk.

What was this, she wondered. She had never in her life felt anything like this. Her body started to shake. Something was dreadfully wrong. More than that; it felt like there was another voice, another persona in her head. She did her best to quiet her pain and went inside her mind to find the other voice.

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Adagio looked around. All she could see was red. Red everywhere. Bright, true red. No matter how she tried to move, all she could perceive was this endless red.

"YOU!" a voice hissed out in surprise and disgust.

Adagio spun around and saw Chrysalis stand or floating (she couldn't be sure which) there.

"How did you get inside my head?" Chrysalis snarled in burning, cold fury.

"So I made it?" Adagio said in surprise. Then she smiled in her smug, triumphed way like she used to when she had gotten the upper hand on an opponent. "A bit empty in here. I thought it would, I don't know, busier," she taunted.

Chrysalis roared with anger. "ANSWER ME! How did you get here?"

"I'll answer why. I'm here to find out where your hiding at dear Queen."

Chrysalis was confused for a second and then realized what was going on. "You've joined them. You've told them about me and they've sent you here."

"No one ever said you were dumb my Queen," Adagio was feeling powerful and in control again for the first time since losing her powers.

"I will make you suffer in ways unimaginable Adagio!"

"Oh please," Adagio scoffed. "This is me you're talking to. I've imagined every way to make others suffer."

"Then this shall come as no surprise!" Chrysalis formed her hands into claws, pulled her arms back, then thrust them forward. Bolts of energy came out and hit Adagio. Every cell in Adagio's body felt like it was on fire. She felt like screaming but resisted. Slowly she brought her arms up and in one violent motion, broke free of Chrysalis' pain bolts.

Chrysalis was taken aback by Adagio breaking free. She had no more powers. She shouldn't have been able to do that. Yet she did. "I'm impressed girl," she said in actual earnestness.

"Then this should really impress you," Adagio said in a simmering rage. Her eyes glowed, wings sprouted from her back, her hands formed claws. Adagio screamed in a raw, primal rage and flew onto Chrysalis. Again and again she brought her claws down on to Chrysalis; ripping and tearing until her head and shoulders were reduced to a bloody pulp.

Adagio got up and wiped her mouth with the back of her one bloody claw. She was drained. All her rage, her hurt, was gone. All the centuries of frustration had been released upon Chrysalis and now she was done. She turned around and started to float off when she heard a familiar cackle.

She turned around in shock and saw to her horror the various bits and pieces of Chrysalis pulling themselves back together until she was whole again.

Chrysalis got up smiling in pure enjoyment. "Very good Adagio; very good. I can see why you were such a menace for so long. I love your fire but I can't be defeated that easily child. Now, let me show you how it's done."

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Adagio fell back on the floor and started convulsing. She started gurgling as blood began to pour from her mouth. With out seeing it, Sunset could sense what was going on and she knew she had to stop it,

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Adagio was badly beaten. She had tried her best but there was no way she could stand up to Chrysalis. Indeed; even at full power, with all her magic, she doubted if she would have been a match for the demon queen. She was on her knees and Chrysalis held her by the throat with one hand.

"If means anything; I really do respect you. I do. Another time, another place, I would have used you as my chief general. Alas, it is not another time or place but here and now; so time to die." Chrysalis raised her free claw high above her head to deliver the death blow when she felt a hand grab it.

"Not while I live!" It was Sunset Shimmer.

Chrysalis screamed in rage. "Come to save your girlfriend," she hissed.

"Always," Sunset said in a low, anger filled voice.

Chrysalis lunged but Sunset easily knocked her back. She screamed in pain but got right back up.

"I can't stop you, but I can KILL YOU!" Chrysalis shrieked

Chrysalis flew at Sunset who transformed into her Daydream Shimmer form and the two locked in combat. They punched, kicked, bit, clawed, summoned various weapons to use against each other. Blow after blow was delivered but neither would yield. This was Chrysalis' head however; and soon she began to get the upper hand as Sunset was expending massive amounts of energy just keeping the physic link open. Finally she was knocked down and transformed back into her regular form.

"Huh, huh, huh," Chrysalis panted, "I'll kill both . . .," she wasn't able to finish. All around her the others began to manifest themselves - she was surrounded.

"That's enough Chrysalis," Twilight said in her full commanding voice. "This ends here."

"Twilight Sparkle! Oh how I've missed you. It's so nice to see you again. How's the fam doing? Shinning Armor and Princess Cadence still doing well?"

Twilight shook her head. "No more banter Chrysalis. We're ending this now."

"Oh really? And how to propose that? You're in my head. If you kill me, you die too. All of you. And, honestly, I didn't think you were the killing type anyways."

"She's bluffing," Apple Jack said.

"Oh am now, hmm, Apple Jack. Yes, Apple Jack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and, well, Sonata Dusk. My, my. Has everyone villain been reformed? No, wait; Aria isn't here."

"Enough Chrysalis!" Twilight shouted in both anger and a growing sense of fear.

"Quite right," Chrysalis said smugly. With all of her psychic energy she had, she gave off a giant burst that sent the girls flying out of her head.

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"My Queen, my Queen!" Chrysalis could feel someone jerking her. She slowly raised her head and saw one of her followers trying to wake her. She didn't need a mirror to see, she could tell by the man's expression and how tired her muscles felt that she had aged considerably. The fight with the girls had left this body burned out and depleted. She would need a new one. With out thought; she leapt from this dying vessel into the body of her acolyte. Male bodies sucked, she thought, but any port in a storm.

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As soon as sunset came to, she crawled over to Adagio. "Dag, Dag," she called in terror and despair.

Adagio's body convulsed, she took one giant breath, turned her head to look into Sunset's eyes, and panted out, "I'm alive."

Sunset hugged her and cried happy tears.

Pinkie and Sonata crawled over to each other and the boys all ran to their respective mates to make sure they were ok. Everyone assured the other they were ok. They all began to describe what had happened while in the astral state and the boys described what they had seen while they had been watching.

After everyone had been caught up and the talking petered out; Rainbow looked around and said, "Well, that was a bust."

"What do you mean?" asked Soarin as he held her by the waist.

"Well we didn't get anything! We still have no idea where she is," Rainbow replied frustrated.

"I did," Adagio said as she slowly stood up.

"Dag?" Sunset asked she got up with Adagio and put her arm around her shoulder.

"While you were fighting, she left her mental guards down enough; I was able to get her address. Someone get me a pen and paper so I can write it down before I forget."

Rarity ran off and got a pencil and a sheet of paper and Adagio wrote it down. Sunset gave Adagio a giant hug and whispered in her ear, "You're the greatest."

Adagio smiled and whispered back, "I know."

"Well, we have the address, now what?" Rarity asked.

"Easy," Rainbow answered. "Tonight we celebrate because tomorrow we go to war."

Author's Notes:

This part, with the last two were all supposed to be one chapter. So glad I split them up. Anyway, the next chapter starts out somewhat happy but will end very sad. Just warning you now.