Chrysalis was laughing like crazy, all signs of the weaken state she was in just a moment ago was completely gone. Nobody knew what the hell was going on, but they do know one thing, they been played.

“Well, it’s about time you drop the act.”

That caught Spike and his friends by surprise. The large group of friends turned around to face the source of the familiar voice, as Spike flew up to the window to see for himself, and standing right there was the smug grinning, glasses wearing mare herself.

”RAVEN!” Smolder growled in anger.

Raven adjusted her glasses. “Hello Smolder! Did you miss me?”

“One: Hell no, and Two: What are you doing here?”

Raven chuckled. “Oh, I have my reasons as well as my rights. Chrysalis is my client after all, speaking of which.” Raven walked pass the group to the window and stared at the laughing changeling. “Well done, Chryssie, you put on quite the show,” Raven clap her hooves. “I applaud your performance.” She said with a grin.

Chrysalis, stop her laughing, stood up, and took a quick bow. “Thank you, thank you, but I can't take all the credit, it was your idea after all.”

Everyone was shocked at what Chrysalis just said.

“Wait, you plan this?” Smolder asked Raven.

Raven chuckled. “Indeed I did.”

“Why!?”

“Because you fools need a harsh lesson, that's why!”

“And what lesson is that?” Asked Starlight.

Raven grin. “To never take something you see or hear out of context and gather all the facts before assuming anything.” Raven adjusts her glasses. “You idiots have proven time and time again just how incompetent you are at dealing with situations that requires a little more thought than just taking it at face value. Because of this, you all can be easily fooled, and the one doing the fooling doesn't even have to try, like Spike actually fooling the 12 of you with his terrible disguise, Discord and his plan to help Twilight, which is chuck full of holes, and don't get me started on Celestia and Luna.”

“Wait!? What about Celestia and Luna?” Twilight asked.

Raven waves a dismissive hoof. “It's nothing, that's a can of worms I don't want to open and it haves nothing to do with this case. So just forget I said anything.”

Twilight and the others were curious about what Raven just said about the royal sisters but decided to just drop it. Besides they have other things to worry about and didn't need anything new to the pile.

Raven continues. “As I was saying, you guys are very easy to fool because you never bother to try to think things through or ask question.” Raven points a hoof at the ex-queen. “Take Chrysalis for example, you all easily fell for her tricks twice in a span of two weeks and not once considered see was just playing you, despite how obvious it was.”

Smolder steps up. “And what’s that supposed to mean?”

Raven adjusted her glasses. “Why don't I let my good friend Chrysalis explain.” She said with a smirk.

“Oh, I would be delighted, to explain everything.” Chrysalis said. Causing everyone to turn their attentions to her.

Chrysalis turned her attention to Spike. “Like Raven said, you and your dead brain herd mates need to learn not to take everything you see or hear at face value,” Chrysalis smirk. “But more importantly, you idiots shouldn't have taken words so seriously.” Chrysalis chuckle. “Ever heard the old saying about sticks and stones? No doubt you haven't or you guys wouldn't have let the things I said get to you.”

“And why wouldn't we? You just kept going on and on as you kept saying hurtful things about me and my friends.” Spike growled. “Like when you said I went to Tartarus.”

“So, what do you honestly think I give two shits where you went after you died?” Chrysalis said nonchalantly.

Spike snap out of his stupor and look at the ex-queen in confusion.

Chrysalis shrugs. “What!? You don't honestly believe I was being serious about you going to tartarus.” She chuckles. “I just said all that just to piss off your stupid friends, no more no less. Not my fault they took things too seriously, when they could of chose to easily ignore me.”

Those words hit Spike and his friends hard, and was made worse when Raven spoke.

”Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me? Yet you idiots kept letting her get to you.”

Chrysalis spoke. “I mean seriously, you had me beat. My only means of hurting you all were nothing but hurtful words, which in the long run wouldn't mean a thing in the end.”

Raven continues. ”I mean come on, Chrysalis was just attacking you with the only weapon she had left, her words. Who cares about all the hurtful things she said. In the long run it won't mean anything. Yet you fools took her seriously and fell right into her little trap.”

Chrysalis spoke. “I knew if I kept pushing their buttons, chances are they would be dumb enough to want to fight me, mainly Glimmer. She was the one I hated most and the first one who wanted to beat me up, first.”

Chrysalis gave herself a mental pat on the back looking at the seething faces of Starlight Glimmer and Smolder, as well as many other creatures in the hallway. A handful of them just stared at her with pure shock. They had, like Starlight, never come across someone as shameless as her and didn't know what to think or say. It had worked, she had said what she wanted to say just to be a brazen, unapologetic jackass. She turned back to face Starlight, who only looked even angrier.

"Something the matter, Starlight?" Chrysalis said, not bothering to hold back another snicker. "You look a little red. Do you have a fever?"

Spike watched as Chrysalis paused for a brief second and he heard another irate growl from Starlight break through the silence.

"Or was it something I did?"

Starlight turned to the Royal Sisters.

"Celestia, Luna," Starlight said through clenched teeth. "Could you kindly hand me the keys to this demon's cell and grant me five minutes alone with her?"

“Y-you plan your own beating?” Spike asked.

Chrysalis grin. “Indeed, although I didn't plan on a 5v1.” She shrugs. “I was hoping it would just be me and Starlight, but I knew that dragon girl definitely wanted in, since she was just as piss at me, but I didn't account on Rainbow, Ember, and most definitely not Thorax to join in.”

“Which is why you were so focus on going after Starlight, during the fight?” Said Smolder.

“Exactly! She was all I really cared about hurting, but of course with four others aiding her and her own fighting skills, it was difficult for me to take her down. I was lucky enough to sink my teeth into her the first time, but sadly things didn't go as planned.”

“Yeah, because in the end all you did was get yourself beat up.” Said Starlight.

Chrysalis shrugs. “True, but I'm don’t really care about that fight anymore,” Turns her attention back to Spike. “Just as much as I don't care why you bother calling me here.”

“I called you here to talk-”

“About what exactly?” Chrysalis interrupted. “There's nothing you said that hasn't already been said by your stupid lovers.”

That made Spike angry.

“You didn't come here to talk, you came here to gloat. You were so excited about telling me that you became an angel and went to heaven, no doubt wanting to see me have some kind of crazy mental break down because of it.” Chrysalis chuckled. “Which is why my best friend Raven over there, came up with the plan beforehand. She told Tirek and I everything about how she could see you thanks to the enchantment on her glasses, as well as her plan to revive you, she also knew that you would want a one on one conversation with me. So when the guard told the details about my visitor. I knew it was you from the very start and just faked my surprise of seeing you as well as everything else that happened after.”

“And let's give credit where credit is due,” Said Raven. “We can't forget, Luna’s unexpected role in this, her theory about Chrysalis pride shattering, really help sell it and got everyone here believing that my client was really having a mental breakdown.” Raven laugh mockingly at the moon Princess, which only made the alicorn angry. Celestia place a comforting hoof on her sister shoulder to calm her down. Raven continues. “Like I said, don't take everything at face value so quickly, you fools should have guess Chrysalis was faking her breakdown, after how she treated you all two weeks ago.”

Chrysalis shook her head in disappointment. “Even I knew a goody goody two shoes like you was going to heaven. It was no question about that. Why you and your friends took my words so seriously, I’ll never know.” Chrysalis shrugs. “I mean seriously what were you hoping to accomplish with this visit of yours. Hope I would ask for forgiveness and change my ways, HA! Well tough luck kid, you wasted what little time you have left in this world coming here to vist me,” Chrysalis put on a wicked smirk. “Just like how you wasted your own life.”

That gave Spike and his friends paused as they just stood in shock from Chrysalis words.

Chrysalis chuckles. “It would seem the tables have turned, hasn't it, you little brat. Here you and your friends want to place the blame of your murder on me, Tirek, and Cozy Glow too of course. When in reality,” Chrysalis evil smirk grew wide “there was no murder at all.”

Everybody eyes widen in sure disbelief at what Chrysalis just said.

“That's riiiiight!” Raven sang. Getting everyone’s attention. The glasses wearing mare was sitting on a stool with her hind legs crossed. Standing just beside her with his arms crossed while smiling was none other than Tirek himself. Raven summoned a cup of ice coffee out of thin air, holding it in her magic. “Spike was never murdered, which means Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow are 100% innocent in that claim. After all,” Raven took a sip of her drink and smiled at the group before saying.

”they don't call it Spike’s Sacrifice for nothing.”

To be continued.

Looks like things are taking a great turn. Raven claims that the evil three are innocent and thus did not murder Spike, but how exactly?

Just what are you up to now, Raven and how exactly are those three not guilty?

Raven: Not to worry, all will be explained in the next and final chapter. I promise you won't be disappointed.

Raven smirk.

Sorry for the short chapter everybody, originally this was how chapter 3 was supposed to end, but I was running out of time before I had to leave for work and I wanted to get that chapter out on that day like I promise, which is why I cut things short while I was ahead.

Any way the next chapter for this little side project will be the last, and I hope to get it out as soon as I can.

Until next time