Arriving back to Cadance’s chambers, Celestia and Luna had the statue Chrysalis brought there. The Princess barely needed to knock on the door before their niece opened it. Cadance seemed a little too eager to see Chrysalis. But given their history, her aunts decided not to ask any question. Bringing the imprisoned changeling into her chambers, the alicorns stood around it. Though there should be no means for her to escape, the Princesses weren’t going to take unnecessary risks.

“You can still change your mind, Cadance…” Luna asked, looking at her niece in concern. “We will understand if…”

“Thank you for bringing it.” Cadance expressed before closing the book she was reading and leaving it on the shelf. “Could you leave me alone with Chrysalis?”

“Sure.” Celestia said as she headed to the door accompanied by her sister Luna, who was the first to leave. “If you need anything, please let us know.”

“In fact, could you prepare some food?” Cadance raised her index finger. “I mean, she will surely be hungry, even though she feeds on love. Other alternatives will keep her strong enough, but not enough to stand up. against me.”

“As you like.” Celestia bowed her head respectfully, placing trust in her niece. “How long do you want me to send it to you?”

“I'll send you a message, auntie.” Cadance replied, trying to hide her growing excitement as she looked the Chrysalis statue over. “Thank you.” With that, Celestia left her room, where her sister was smiling and giggling.

“You really have to learn to integrate into this modern era, dear sister.” Princess Luna said with a smile, pointing to her cell phone. “If you want, I can ask for double room service, they say they have the most gifted stallions in the northern area of Equestria.”

"Could you please…” Celestia said, a little fed up with her sister's attitude as she walked away from Cadance's room. “Just stop talking about sex as if it were an everyday thing?"

“I would like you to try to endure 1000 years of sexual abstinence!” Luna shouted angrily as her eyes shone white. “And to discover that your sister has ended all the ways in which I could release sexual stress after so long!”

“Oh, poor you.” Celestia said in a cheeky tone full of sarcasm. “It's a shame that settling down and giving me nephews is not an option for you.”

“No one will be worthy of us dear sister! May they feel lucky to spend a night with their goddesses!” Luna said full of pride as she continued walking behind her sister. “They exist thanks to us! We deserve the best treatment and ask for what we want and need! Furthermore, the current nobles are idiots who would only like to get on with us with the simple idea of sitting next to us on the throne. And I don't pretend that those opportunists have a body like mine!”

“You know.” Celestia said, rolling her eyes and letting out a small laugh as she remembered those words her sister had said to him a long time ago. “Given the current circumstances. Maybe I should consider what you say.” Luna's eyes were filled with joy and happiness along with a particularly energetic glow.

“GREAT!” Luna spoke in her royal tone. “I will make sure to find the best and biggest stallions in all aspects in Equestria! I swear on my wings that this night will be only for We are the luckiest stallions that the world decided to equip with good.” Before she finished speaking Celestia had covered her mouth with a hand.

“Please, Luna. Please be subtle about this, we must maintain a public figure.” Celestia pleaded with her sister. Luna only nodded her head. “Good.”

“Don't worry sister.” Luna said with an especially cheerful gleam in her eyes. “I will be happy to make you remember our days of debauchery!” Celestia could only shudder, imagining what her sister had planned. But it would take her mind off her concerns with Cadance.

Inside her room, Cadance walked around the statue of Chrysalis, analyzing it from head to toe. Strutting from side to side as if she considered instant aggression as soon as she was released. She walked calmly to her dressing table. She opened one of the drawers and took out a ring. A black ring with rune inscriptions on it. Calmly, Cadance placed it on the changeling’s deformed horn, all the way to the base. That was where the ring gave off a black shine, where it soon became smaller and became completely entrenched in the changeling's horn.

This ensured it was physically impossible to remove it by force. Cadance also considered her strength, although it was true that Chrysalis had a more imposing appearance when she acquired the powers of Grogar's bell, but she didn’t seem like a threat now. Considering that Cadance had indeed been feeding and her magical strength could only be rivaled by Twilight and her aunt Celestia. Yes... It was a lie that Twilight was magically stronger than Cadance. She, unlike the other princesses, kept a low profile.

“I guess you're eager to breathe again.” Cadance touched the changeling queen's chest, where she had a metal plate that made up her battle armor. “With her magic sealed, I’m sure being a statue for so long, I’m sure her strength is pretty low.”

Cadance's hand gave off a pink glow while that glow surrounded the entire statue, and quickly, from the chest, the changeling's entire body began to acquire vivid colors. The color of her armor returned from her, her black skin once again pulsed with blood, her face was once again revealed. Free from that stone prison. The first thing the changeling did was take a deep breath of air, while her chest inflated with that vital relief of breathing. Chrysalis's figure was still too attractive even without having received a single drop of love in all those years.

Grogar's bell only enhanced the attributes of the queen of changelings. Yes, she already had a pair of substantially large breasts before. But now they were massively huge, the same thing happened with her hips and thighs, she was completely endowed with such a voluptuous and completely athletic figure despite everything, her belly was exposed and you could clearly see a dead of her physical strength, noticing those chiseled abs in her belly. Her arms were toned, at least enough to mark considerable strength in her. Cadance let out a whistle of admiration at the body of the changeling, who after taking a couple of deep breaths managed to articulate words.

“Finally, free.” Chrysalis said between gasps, looking at the pink-furred princess. “Honestly, I was expecting someone else.”

“I assumed so...” Cadance said calmly, then started walking to Chrysalis’ side admiring her body. “Although to be honest, you and I have matters to attend to.”

“I have nothing to attend to with you.” Chrysalis hissed in frustration and growing rage. “Unlike you, I would like to rip the throat out of that bitch Starlight Glimmer!”

“Oh, I can perfectly understand why, after all, you are now a queen without a kingdom. How ironic.” Cadance responded, clear cynicism in her words, trying to irritate the changeling. “And now, you’re even lower. A prisoner to a mare you hate.” This tone of mocking worked.

“Your aunts bringing me with you was the worst decision they could have made!” Chrysalis said with a gruff of annoyance. Trying to use her magic, her horn did not react. "But what?" Bringing one of her hands up, she felt the ring that Cadance had given her. placed. She tried to take it off, but the ring just wouldn't come off. “What did you do to me?!” She only looked with contempt at the pink princess, who walked calmly around her like a lioness observing her prey.

“It wasn't my aunts who decided to do this Chrysalis.” Cadance replied with a smirk, putting a hand under the changeling's chin. “It was me. It doesn't matter how much you want to take off that ring. You can't take it off if I don't want you to take it off. In simple words, By magical means, you won't be able to beat me. Although…” Separating from Chrysalis, she walked to her bed while moving her hips very shamelessly.

“It's not like you can beat me in magical matters now.” Chrysalis huffed, scoffing at Cadance. “What do you know? I defeated you at your own wedding and when I-”

“You're mistaken, dear Chrysalis.” Cadance interrupted, smirking at the changeling. “Face it, at my wedding, I would have died if you had killed Twilight at the time. I would not have interrupted that day at the wedding, if on the same day you kidnapped me you had killed me I'm sure history would be in your favor.” Her tone was becoming more and more smug as she mocked her prisoner. “Even after that, you kidnapped my aunts, Twilight, and my daughter. I really don't understand how Starlight, together with Discord, managed to put the noose around your neck.”

“Starlight Glimmer, along with those traitors Thorax, will not prevail. Once I finish with you, this time permanently!” Chrysalis hissed and threatened. “Then, I’ll deal with the rest of my hive. Especially Pharynx, turning my most loyal servant against his queen.”

There was hatred in Chrysalis's words, that was obvious. Contempt and desire for quick revenge. Even as she approached Cadance menacingly, stomping her hooves on the ground. The princess did nothing but stand up and face the changeling. If this was immediately after her wedding, Cadance wouldn’t have spent any time playing with her prisoner. She would only taunt and mock Chrysalis as she would escort her to the executioner’s block. If this was after being captured again, when her daughter, Flurry Heart, was threatened, she would’ve used her statue to decorate her gardens of the Crystal Empire for centuries. But now, this was different.

“Don't make me laugh, Chrysalis.” Cadance mocked, laughing at the changeling. “There is no love you can absorb.”

"There you are wrong, foolish brat!" Chrysalis said, licking her upper lip with her long tongue. While her left hand, which had long and sharp claws, gently ran along the princess's wide neckline. “I don't have to be next to a partner and drink their love. No, it's enough for me to know that you still love your husband, and that feeling, my dear it's more than enough to give me the necessary energy.” Her eyes shone dimly in a phosphorescent green. “That love you feel for your daughter, your aunts, friends, family. It does not matter. I have more ways to feed myself than my useless drones.” Placing her hand on Cadance's shoulder, her arms showed her veins, which turned a bright dark green, as if acquiring energy from the princess herself. “Still Do you really think you can beat me?”

“And do you have any idea what will happen?” Cadance smugly replied, placing a hand on the changeling’s hand. She cordially moved Chrysalis's arm away as she stood up again, but this time to face her. “Or what is happening right now?”

“What do you mean?” Chrysalis frowned, looking at the princess of love with great seriousness. “What could you be possibly talking about?”

“Your changelings are on the verge of extinction, didn't they tell you?” Cadance feigned complete surprise in an exaggerated way, putting a hand to her chest. “Why am I not surprised?”

“I've been locked in that stone prison, I'm not even sure how long it's been.” Chrysalis shrugged her shoulders as if she was downplaying the matter. “I can get a good idea if my last eggs have hatched, that means that the last generation of changelings has already been born, right?” She crossed her arms under her voluminous chest. “I must also intuit that the only reason I've been freed from that stone prison was to force me to lay more eggs, right? No, better said, a new queen who can replace me, right?”

“Great job, Chrysalis! You hit the mark!” Cadance clapped her hands loudly as she smiled. By saying this, it only caused Chrysalis to growl again in annoyance. “The idea was from your own subjects, or rather the current rulers of your former hive. I must say that I was completely against freeing you…” She stood next to Chrysalis, inviting her to sit on the bed, however the changeling shook her head, still not trusting the princess. “But, when it comes to the extinction of an entire race, I can't turn a blind eye.”

“My race has to be on the brink of extinction for you and your aunts to consider freeing me? Incredible.” Chrysalis rolled her eyes, annoyed by this. “I tried to help them from that damned destiny, but it just so happened that they ruined it!”

“Chrysalis, your idea to obtain love and lead Equestria was good. But it was poorly executed.” Cadance commented, speaking bluntly. “Leaving that aside. I am willing to put aside all the resentment I have towards you for everything you have done to me.”

"Hmmm…in exchange for what?" Chrysalis said, not very convinced, looking distrustfully at the princess. “What would you possibly want from me?”

“Sorry? This is called helping.” Cadance crossed her arms in the same way as Chrysalis, feeling offended by what she said. “I can only imagine a selfish bug like yourself wouldn’t understand generosity. Oh yeah, that’s right. You lost your hive when everyone learned to share.” She couldn’t help but chuckle a little.

“Do you really think that I will believe that you will do this without anything in return? I'm not a stupid larva like my subjects.” Chrysalis hissed in frustration, showing no trust in the alicorn. “It's natural among you ponies that after helping someone you expect something in return. Just like money, favor seems like a bargaining chip right now.”

“Well, then let's get to the point.” Cadance commented, sighing a little. “I'm not going to lie to you, as long as you do the same.”

“And why would I do something like that?” Chrysalis asked, raising a curious eyebrow. “For all I know, even if you were telling the truth, what’s to say you won’t just turn me back to stone afterwards?”

“Because it's worth it.” Cadance sighed, her horn shining in an intensified way as a spell was quickly cast around her entire room, ensuring that no sound crossed the walls, and no one could leave or enter using force or magic failing that. “If you agree to give birth to new changelings, your race is saved. My aunts will forgive you and give you the opportunity to return to your hive.”

“Will I rule them again?” Chrysalis asked, raising an eyebrow as she looked carefully at Cadance who made a face of displeasure. “You don’t expect me to be some lowly broodmare, do you?”

“Thorax and Pharynx will maintain the political power of the Changedlings' Hive.” Cadance explained, knowing Chrysalis wouldn’t like this. “So no.”

“Then there’s my answer.” Chrysalis huffed, keeping her arms crossed as she glared at the mare. “Then there is nothing that-”

“On the other hand, Chrysalis.” Cadance interrupted, now standing in front of Chrysalis, looking into her eyes. “If you agree to act with me, I can assure you of several things, the first being that you will be able to be a queen again. But not only with your changelings, very possibly with something bigger.”

“Mhhh.” Chrysalis' wings shook and sounded like a bee's while her gaze showed interest. “Continue…

“I’m going to propose a simple thing.” Cadance said, taking a couple of steps back and extended her hand towards the changeling. “Rule Equestria with me, Chrysalis.”

At first the changeling seemed surprised by such a request, even doubtful by such a request. Her surprise turned to confusion, from that to a simple laugh which came out of her mouth while Cadance frowned at the changeling's laughter. The alicorn wasn’t joking, she seemed serious. Whatever her plan was, there was something about the serious look on her face. Even if Cadance was being sincere, the notion of ruling with her only made her laugh.

“Haha seriously?” Chrysalis said, seeming more confident in herself, moreover, she looked at all of this as a kind of test than anything. “What makes you believe that I need your help to take my throne back and in the process take over all of Equestria?” She tried to gauge if Cadance was telling the truth, but still, it was hard.

It was possible she was being honest. But why was she? Chrysalis knew desires for power. She understood the drive to take, and take, and take, and take until there was nothing left. But Cadance never came across as a mare who would be into such things. Maybe this was a trick, a set up to try and get her to reveal her evil plans, only to then be captured again and imprisoned in stone. No, Chrysalis wasn’t going to fall for Cadance’s words that easily.

“Furthermore, are you asking me to rule all of Equestria with you? The princess of love?” Chrysalis commented, scoffing as she tried to see how far she could push the mare. “Please! At least if you're going to lie to me, make sure you do it right, dear Cadance. I would believe it to be true to young Starlight Glimmer, according to her history, she was practically nowhere near causing chaos by a time spell. And in the process destroy Equestria.” She brushed Cadance's hand away.

Cadance could see it wasn’t going to be easy to convince Chrysalis for her plans. Despite any feeling she had, she needed the changeling for her plans. The alicorn pondered for a moment, letting Chrysalis take as much time as she wanted to voice her opinion. This was good. It gave the alicorn some time to think, and it seemed to be working to lower the changeling’s guard. Chrysalis was so concerned trying to outwit Cadance, that the princess could easily predict her.

“I don't want and I don't accept anything you try to give me. I'm not interested.” Chrysalis said, smirking a little as she stared Cadance down. “The only reason you keep breathing is because I wanted to know how far you would go.” Just as she fully brushed Cadance's hand, the princess quickly grabbed the arm to the point that even Chrysalis let out a pained moan through her chest.

“Well…” Cadance said seriously, her voice echoing with an especially sharp and direct tone. “This is what will happen, Chrysalis. I will scream, loud enough to call the guard. And when they hear my screams, what do you think will happen?” She raised an eyebrow as she looked at Chrysalis. “I wonder what they will think? I wonder what my aunts, Twilight and her friends, and even Thorax and Pharynx think.” Her lips curled into an almost sinister expression. “That you wanted to attack me, and when they enter, I turn you into stone and modify your appearance, giving you a firm pose where you are attacking me. Incidentally, the extinction of your race will be feasible due to me and this action.”

Cadance, with her Alicorn strength brought the changeling closer to her face and said. Chrysalis could tell now, the princess was serious. She was actually offering a position of power for her, to rule Equestria at her side. What’s more, the way she was grabbing at her arm, and her hampered magic, not to mention her threat to call the guards. Cadance wasn’t going to take no as an answer. She would have Chrysalis here, or turn her back to stone. For the first time in a long time, the changeling felt something she had thought forgotten, fear.

“Oh, and don’t believe they will simply send you back to the Tartaras, Chrysalis.” Cadance smirked, showing a far more sinister side that no one in Equestria had ever seen. “No, that is out of the question, I was already planning to throw your statue off a cliff and let it be destroyed, killing you in the process.”

Chrysalis growled in annoyance as she jerked her hand away from the mare’s grip, rubbing her arm a little. Cadance’s grip was indeed very strong. She had forgotten that she didn’t defeat Cadance by sheer force of strength. Chrysalis only managed to get the drop on her, using augmented and magically enhanced abilities to quickly strike while the princess was distracted. Cadance was strong, possibly strong enough and willing enough to keep good on her threats.

“Or you can just do what I tell you and act with me.” Cadance commented as she reached out, running her hand over the changeling's injured arm lovingly. “The only thing I ask in return, is that you obey only me. Well, that and…” Leaning in towards one of Chrysalis's ears, she whispered. “A couple more things. Let me make you give birth to an army and a queen.” Her tone of voice seemed to fluctuate and range from mischievous to seductive.

Chrysalis remained silent as she processed everything Cadance had told her. She really wanted this? To rule all of Equestria? And with her by her side? What was the trap? What if there was no trap? What did she gain in all this? Why would she betray her aunts and friends? Why right now? If this was a trap, Chrysalis had to admit that she was very good. She couldn’t tell what Cadance was thinking. The alicorn had her in a terrible position, one she couldn’t find a means out of.

“I see that you are still hesitating.” Cadance said, separating herself from Chrysalis to give her time to think and breathe calmly. Taking a second, she further composed herself. “Look, Chrysalis, honestly, I thought that when my aunts had taken me to the Crystal Empire, it was to gain experience, to know how to rule, to know what to do and how to treat the subjects of a kingdom.” She sighed as she shook her head. “I thought it was a test for me, so that I would have her throne eventually when she decided to retire. But, it happened and it turned out that it was not like that, unlike Twilight, I have specifically received her teachings first-hand to know how to govern an entire country, from the military, economic, social, political and good... Other less correct means to mention.”

Cadance looked at Chrysalis with a mix of pride and confidence. Her lessons had been taken to heart, and while she expected greater and greater things, she felt like she never received her fair share. Her face slowly twisted in a slowly frustrated, then angry, almost a hate filled mix of rage and smiling mania. Chrysalis felt a shiver run down her spine as her blood ran cold. She had never seen anyone look so deranged and angry, making her feel even more fear than before.

“I made the Crystal Empire the safest place in all of Equestria. I caused its birth rate to be far above Canterlot. I've played it twice in the Equestria games, and it's already an active economic powerhouse.” Cadance’s tone was becoming more and more filled with anger. Her body almost started to radiate out with a faint magical aura. Her mane lifted slightly as her horn and eyes glowed a dim light. “I did absolutely EVERYTHING!” The room shook before the mare slowly composed herself. “And in the best way, the one to obtain her throne from her is me, not Twilight, and I am not going to fight with her. No, I will not face my aunts so brazenly. Now, you know my reasons. You know what awaits you if you decide not to help me, and I already told you what I want if you decide to help me.” She took one final breath as she extended a hand to the changeling. “So, what do you say, Chrysalis?

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