"Are you sure you're going to be ok?" Octavia asked as she and Roden walked out of the apartment, having finally calmed down and having their emotions under control.

"Yeah, yeah. It's not the first time I've felt like this, probably won't be the last, but I can't stay cooped up in my apartment crying all day, might as well get some fresh air." Roden assured as he pulled his scarf up slightly.

"Well why don't we go take a walk by the school to clear our minds?" Octavia suggested with a soft smile.

"Yeah, that would be nice, you have to drive though, I'm a bit tipsy from the booze I needed to get through that." Roden chuckled as they walked towards Octavia's car. As he was about to open the passenger side door, he felt his phone buzz and pulled it out. After a few moments of silence he groaned.

"What's wrong?" Octavia asked as she got into the car and started the engine.

"I need to get to CHS, fast." He explained as he got in and pulled out his flask. "And I'm not nearly as drunk as I need to be for this."

Octavia shook her head and snatched his flask out of his hand, earning her a thumbs down and a raspberry being blown in disappointment. "If it's something important, I don't want you like how my boyfriend is most of the time." She stated in a strict motherly tone. "You'll get this back later, if you're good."

Roden rolled his eyes and slumped back in his seat. "Remind me again who's the adult here?"

"Currently the one who isn't tipsy." Octavia quipped with a slight smirk as she drove off towards Canterlot City.

Meanwhile, at the entrance to Chrysalis' mansion

After pressing the doorbell, Sapphire stood back and waited patiently for someone to answer. The large building in front of her blocked the sun so she was covered by the shadow of the enormous almost castle like structure. After a few minutes of waiting one of the butlers, a large muscular man with long grey hair and a magnificent full beard, opened the door and looked down to her. "May I help you?" He asked in a thick Russian accent, catching Sapphire slightly off guard with his booming tone and accent.

"Yes, I am here to see Chrysalis Godswell, it's about her son." She answered quickly as to not waste any time.

The butler groaned and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Look if he got you pregnant in one of his weekly visits to the downtown bar district he should have given you the emergency package himself."

Sapphire just raised a brow and shook her head. "No, I'm not one of his one night stands, I'm his roommate, I just want to talk to his mother about something important." She stated with a slightly amused tone at first, having pictured how many times this butler has had to deal with one of Rodens mistakes.

The man sighed in relief. "Oh thank God, I was not in the mood to be dealing with another potential child custody battle..."

"How...many of those have you had to deal with?" Sapphire asked with both curiosity and caution.

"Just two, but it's just not something I nor Mistress Chrysalis would want to deal with again."

"Cupbell, who is it?!" Both of them heard Chrysalis call out.

"It's a girl with blue hair Mistress, she says she wants to talk to you about Master Roden!" The man now known as Cupbell yelled back.

"Did Roden not give her the emergency package himself!?"

"It's not that this time! She's says she's his roommate!"

Sapphire just rolled her eyes at this back and forth.

"Then let her in! The girl is probably rolling her eyes in annoyance right now!" Chrysalis called out.

'How did she...' Sapphire thought with a confused look.

"Sorry about that, do come in, Mistress Chrysalis is down the left hall, third room on the right, if you need anything just call." Cupbell said with a small bow as he opened up the door for Sapphire to enter.

Nodding as a thanks, Sapphire walked passed Cupbell who shut the door behind her and walked off to continue whatever it was he was doing before. Sapphire didn't pay any attention to the details of the front room of the mansion as she headed straight for where Chrysalis was. Turning into the room that she had been pointed to, she opened up the door and blinked at what she saw.

Chrysalis was currently sitting on a large black leather couch with her feet up on the coffee table in front of it, currently wearing a light green t-shirt and grey sweatpants, a game controller in her hands as she looked up at the large television with a concentrated look on her face.

"Um..." Sapphire wasn't sure how to approach this, she had thought that Chrysalis would be in a more....professional state, when she entered. "H-Hello, Mrs Godswell..."

"Sup. Just let me beat this guy then we'll talk about whatever Roden has done." Chrysalis responded casually as Sapphire took a seat on a bean bag next to the couch. "Aha! Got you now ya bastard!" She yelled as she defeated whatever it was she was fighting in the game before pausing it. Setting the controller down, she stretched out a bit before sitting up straight and turning towards Sapphire. "Ok, first of all, hello, I'm Chrysalis, who are you?" She asked with a kind and even slightly motherly tone.

Sapphire blinked in confusion at the sudden tone shift and cleared her throat. "Oh, yes. My name is Sapphire Phoenix, it's nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too. Now, Cupbell said you were my son's roommate?" Chrysalis asked with curiosity.

"Yes, I'm Rodens roommate, have been for a few weeks."

"I see, and this is a weird question but, has he flirted with you yet?" Chrysalis asked with slightly narrowed eyes.

"Um...no...he hasn't."

Chrysalis shook her head and sighed. "I'm disappointed that he hasn't at least tried to get your attention, although I guess if he did it would be a bit awkward with you two living together...eh, I can let this one slide." She shook her head and smiled. "So then, what is it that you wanted to talk to me about regarding my son?"

Sapphire composed herself and took a deep breath. "Awhile ago, I overheard him talking to one of his closer friends about an incident that involved your family around five years ago."

Chrysalis' smile faded. "Go on..." She said uneasily.

"Well, after learning about what had happened, and having seen his scar at an earlier time, I just want to ask you something about him." Sapphire continued.

"And what would that be?" Chrysalis asked while leaning forward slightly with a curious but cautious expression.

"How has he been able to handle all of that?" Sapphire asked as he features softened slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"With seeing both his siblings and his father being killed right in front of him, and having a permanent reminder on his face, how has he been able to deal with it all this time?"

Chrysalis stood up and sighed. "At least a dozen different therapists, alcohol, masking his feelings under that scarf of his, and many different one night stands."

"That can't be all of it though." Sapphire stated, unintentionally raising her voice.

"Why exactly are you asking me this anyway?" Chrysalis asked as she eyed Sapphire curiously. "I understand being curious, but this is something else."

Sapphire looked away for a moment and shifted her legs slightly.

Chrysalis' features softened. "So that's it..." Sighing, she sat back down and pulled a wine bottle out of god knows where. "There is another reason, but it's a long story so you better be comfortable."

Author's Notes:

And it's a long story I'm not putting you through.

If you see any mistakes (other than the lengthy interval between chapters) please point them out, thank you