A few hours have passed since Cadence had come out of her transformation pod, and Chrysalis, along with a small contingent of guards, were in the room where Celestia, who was now at the end of the transformation process, was about to be released.

"Open the pod," the changeling queen said to the guard captain, who nodded before lighting her horn-yes, female changelings are a part of their guard, much more so than mares in the royal guard-thus opening the pod, letting Celestia, who, like Cadence due to the chemicals within the pods, was naked. Two changelings caught her in their magic while a fourth used his to put a small robe around the solar princess.

Celestia came to slowly, rubbing her head as she groaned from the slight headache. "I assume that you have a slight headache?" Chrysalis asked.

"Chrysalis, the only reason I'm not trying to fight you right now is because of a bet I made with your mother, and I know Metamorpha would try to kill me if I tried to kill you," Celestia said, putting the guards on alert before Chrysalis waved them off.

"I will keep that in mind," the changeling queen said. "And before you ask, my daughter is currently helping Cadenza with the empathetic portions of being a changeling. Again, before you ask, she did so willingly, and with a temporary version of this, the same as you."

"Oh. And what might that be?"

"Strong emotions make you vomit if you don't know how to filter it down," Chrysalis quickly replied. "I'll be the one helping you in that area."

"Oh joy," Celestia sarcastically said. "And hen will that happen?"

"In an hour," Chrysalis said. "And I pinkie promise to not manipulate you at all then."

This got an eyebrow raise from Celestia. "And how do you know that type of promise?"

"You forget my daughter is friends with the mare who came up with that," Chrysalis said before shuddering. "Something about that mare just isn't right. No one should be able to be able to break the laws of physics, especially to the degree she does."

Celestia chuckled a little. "On that, Chrysalis, we agree." She then went back to the non-emotional mask-out of habit-which was useless against changelings. "And what of my sister?"

"She and her night guards are nowhere to be found," Chrysalis replied. "Whatever we do to them will all depend on how much of a pain they are going to be for my forces."

Defensive of her sister, Celestia asked, "And if you need to kill her?"

"Oh, she won't be killed," Chrysalis said. "She will still be alive, but if it gets to that? Well, that is something I reserve only for the most hated and feared criminals."

"And what would that be?" Celestia worriedly asked.

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