It didn't take long for Midnight to fly over to Sweet Apple Acres to see his southern belle through a window of the farmhouse. He couldn't help but smile as he landed outside, the sound of his hooves meeting the ground bringing her attention to him. He smiled over to her as she gave a slight glare before getting up.

"Oh great, I'm in for it now." He groaned as he trotted up to the door, meeting her just as she opened it.

Applejack stood there with a slight glare as she stepped off to the side to allow the Alicorn to enter the warm home. Once he had made it inside, the door closed just as AJ gave an annoyed snort, making Midnight cringe a little.

"I know, I'm sorry. Things got a little hectic at the castle the other day and it prevented me from getting back into Ponyville." He sighed.

What in the world could have happened teh keep ya from gettin back'ere?" AJ snorted as she trotted back into the living room and taking a seat on the sofa in front of the lit fireplace.

"My daughter was almost killed by some guards that had failed to have been notified about her being a changeling." He spoke flatly causing AJ to visibly tense up for a moment before turning and staring wide eyed at him.

"Is she alright?" She asked in worry.

"She's fine, just a little shaken up is all. The reason though that I couldn't make it back though was because I cast a lot of spells onto my kids to prevent this sort of thing from happening again. I ended up turning back into my human form after all was said and done." He chuckled a little but stopped as AJ pressed up against him on the couch.

"Ah'm sorry. Had ah known, ah wouldn't ah given ya the stink eye." She sighed feeling a pang of regret.

"No need to feel sorry doll. I did break a promise to you after all."

"But fer a good reason, so I won't hold it against ya." She smirked back giving him a playful shove.

"I'm glad. Cause who knows what in the world you would make me do." He spoke in a mock tragic tone.

"Yer jes lucky teh have me still here waitin on yer sorry flank." She smirked back as she turned around and leaned onto him, he in turn wrapping his forehooves around her and pulling her to him.

"Five years is a long time........" He trailed of as he nuzzled her neck eliciting a soft hum from her. "I'm glad you waited though.......... I owe you a lot for waiting........... and I'd be willing to do anything for you to make it up to you." He smirked as he kissed along her neck only to make her giggle slightly.

"Ahem......" Came another feminine voice from behind them causing AJ to turn her head along with Midnight to see her sister standing there with a slightly annoyed expression. "Do ya'll have teh be so lovey while ah'm still here?" She groaned.

"I think somepony is jealous." Midnight chuckled seeing Appleblooms head erupt into a crimson.

"Ah am not! Ya'll should get a room an stop all this lovey dovey stuff out'ere in the middle'o the house." She spoke out in a huff.

"Oh come on now AB, it ain't like ya ain't had a few kissy sessions with a stallion of yer own." AJ chuckled seeing her sisters body turn a bright red.

"Really now? My little sis has a stallion?" Midnight asked with a raised brow.

"Ah do NOT have a stallion! We decided teh break it off cause he was getting a bit to touchy feely for my tastes." AB spoke up seeing Midnight glare slightly.

"He didn't try to........" He paused as AB waved a hoof.

"No..... no, don't worry. Ah done bucked him upside the head once fer trying it. The second time ah ended up hurting him a bit." She smirked. "That's when ah broke it off."

"Hurt him nothin, that boy didn't walk right for three weeks when ya bucked him in the family jewels." AJ laughed seeing her stallion cringe from the thought.

"Ouch, I know it was wrong of him to do what he did AB, but I still can't help but feel sorry for him knowing he got hit in that area." He began to chuckle. "Glad to know my lil sis can take care of herself though." He smiled seeing her roll her eyes.

"Yeah yeah, ah'm going to go and talk to Scoots and let her know your alive again Night. Which means the house is all yours." She grinned to her sister who began to blush a bright red.

Midnight sat there grinning at Applejack as she turned to him. "You know, I don't know if I should feel worried that the sweet little filly I once knew is now slightly perverse, or feel happy that I can now crack jokes with her about her sister relating toward sex." Midnight chuckled but stopped as he got a quick jab into the ribs.

"Ya'll better keep that dirty mouth shut'round mah lil sis. She might be a bit older an still know a bit about the birds'n'the'bees, But that ain't no invitation teh go and talk like that with her." AJ smirked seeing him groan.

"But right now, ah think a lil time tehgether is in order. Ah been pent up fer five years, an ah finally get ya teh myself." She grinned before turning and bowling him over.

While Midnight was getting 'caught up' with his southern belle bride to be. Another being was getting caught up in her own predicament. Queen Chrysalis to be exact, was receiving reports from all over the Crystal Empire that her Changelings were being slaughtered or imprisoned. Several of her minions had been sent back with scrolls to advise her that her presence was being requested in Canterlot.

Chrysalis sat back into her throne as she looked around the dark throne room. Many chrysalis pods were hanging from the ceiling and various overhangs, each holding another minion that was slowly growing to its adult stages before hatching and being set free onto the world to gather more love energy to help feed her slowly starving race. The queen herself feeling a hunger pang as she looked around to the ever growing empire in which she held.

As she continued to watch quietly, another minion flew in from one of the open windows that looked rather jagged compared to Canterlot's Castle. The young changeling landed a few yards from her, coming up to her and giving a bow as he presented another scroll to her.

"When will that good for nothing pony get it through her head that I will not rest in my quest to feed my changeling army." Chrysalis stated flatly in her duo tone voice just before opening the scroll to read it. After a few moments her eyes went a little wide at seeing the words written on the scroll. Giving a boisterous laugh she tossed it to the side as she moved from her throne to the center of the room as she spoke out to her minions.

"My changelings, Princess Celestia has given me an invitation yet again to come to Canterlot Castle." She paused for a moment hearing many of them chuckle all around her. "As this is the twentieth invitation she has sent, I did not anticipate her actions of what she has stated within it. I think it best to go and see what the dear little pony of the sun has to say to me. If I do not return in three days, you are to send word to every hive to go out in force and do what you will in order to gather food for the hive." She smirked hearing them cheer.

"I shall now head toward Canterlot in hopes that she will willingly do as she has promised in her last scroll." She stated before taking flight, her bug wings giving a loud buzzing sound as she took off, heading toward the City of Canterlot.

It had been a few hours since Midnight had arrived at Sweet Apple Acres to be with AJ for the day. They had spent some time alone to Applejack's and Midnight's pleasure. However, upon realizing that AJ still had a few chores to do in the southern fields, she began to crawl out of bed to go and finish what needed to be done.

"Where are you going to in such a hurry?" Midnight asked giving a smirk from AJ's bed.

"Just remembered ah got a few thing teh take care of in the south field. Seeing as its mid-day now, ah'd better get to it afor AB gets back." She groaned as she pulled her stetson back onto her head.

"Why don't you let me do it. You know, to make up for my little fib the other day?" He chuckled seeing her roll her eyes.

"Well.......... ya can do it with magic'n'all teh speed up the process. Ah heck, why not. Not like ah don't need a good nap after what ya just put me through after all." She chuckled giving the Alicorn a wink. "Ah'll write down what ya'll need teh do down there." She said as she left the room to head downstairs, closely followed by the stallion.

"Have I ever needed instructions on what to do down there?" He chuckled as he continued to follow her. After a few seconds she stopped and looked back to him with a sly grin, flicking her tail up and hitting his nose.

"Ah think ya could use some more practice, I think ya might be loosing yer touch." She chuckled seeing his mock hurt expression as he spoke.

"You wound me my dear! To the core! It hurts............ so bad." He snickered seeing her roll her eyes yet again as they finally reached the kitchen.

After a few minutes of AJ writing down what needed to be done, Midnight gave a salute and smirk before making his way outside and teleporting high into the sky. Quickly steering toward the right direction and slowly gliding toward the southern field.

"Blast this vile cold weather!" Chrysalis growled as she continued to fly slowly through the freezing air toward Canterlot. She could see it in the distance and had already been flying for almost five hours to get to this point. Using what magic she had in order to stay warm while in flight so that her wings and chitin wouldn't freeze and cause her to crash. Her stomach growled out as it was now almost completely empty. Any further expenditure would result in her, starving, or failing to bring up a guise in order to protect herself from those who would wish her harm.

At this point however, she had nothing to gain any love from in order to feed on and gain power. So she only had one choice left as she landed into a large orchard of apple trees.

"I loathe apples." She groaned as she plucked one from one of the trees near the spot she had landed in and quickly bit into it. Giving a shudder of disgust she continued eating it as it began to give her a little more strength. After several apples she could no longer stand the taste and tossed the last half eaten apple to the side as it was quickly swallowed up by the snow.

Chrysalis gave a heavy sigh as she began to trek though the frigid snow toward the castle in the far distance. She knew it would take some time in order to get there, plus there was a town between herself and her destination. She hoped to gain at least some sustenance from a few ponies before she reached the castle so that she could protect herself when it came to the negotiations with Princess Celestia.

As she continued to trot along she stopped, swiveling her ears toward the sound of wings flapping hard several times before a loud crunch was heard in the snow. She splayed her ear back baring her fangs as she recalled that noise.

"Only one pony is large enough to make such a loud flapping of their wings." She growled to herself but stopped as she peeked around a tree to see the backside of a large black Alicorn in front of her who was now floating a scroll out of a portal and reading it. She pulled back behind the tree slightly as she continued to glare at the Alicorn, not daring to move into his view. Her ears trained forward and onto him as she listened to him quietly.

"So then, just have to get a bucket of syrup from one of the maple trees that set in between every row of the apple trees in this field. Huh, can't believe that the Apple family actually delve into maple syrup as well. I remember Granny Smith telling me that during the summer the maple trees give off a nice scent that move into the apples in each row as they grow. I'll have to try one of them later." He chuckled as he looked around for a maple tree that had a decent amount of syrup in it. He took in a deep breath as he looked into one of the buckets. "I love that smell." He beamed.

Chrysalis smiled as she could feel the love radiating from the stallion as he smiled at the bucket he was looking into. She paused though as she noticed him looking around for a moment before grinning and sticking his snout back into the bucket. After a few seconds he gave a slight whinny of surprise as he pulled back with the bucket attached to his face. A few more seconds passed by as he whipped his head back and forth before the bucket flew off leaving a large, solid amber block sticking to the stallions tongue.

Midnight let out a groan of annoyance as he starred at the block. Then giving a devious smile as he pulled the bucket back onto the block of amber before his mane and tail erupted into an inferno, quickly melting every bit of snow within a five yard radius. Chrysalis gave a startled eep as she ducked back down and behind the tree. She mentally cursed herself at what she heard next.

"AJ? I thought I said I would finish up your chores out here............... AJ? Is that you?" He shouted.

Chrysalis sat there for a moment as she felt the stallions love turn to slight worry, but still held the love for the one he spoke of. She hummed quietly gauging how much power she had left and how long she could transform into a guise. She knew she could trick this Alicorn, after all, what pony in their right mind would like a solid block of maple syrup in this weather?

After quickly changing herself into an earth pony, Chrysalis smiled as she looked herself over quickly to make sure she would be an appropriate match to the stallion. Light blue coat, black mane and tail, and deep green eyes that was her own minus the cat eye slit. She was a knock out if she did say so herself. Her frame was fragile looking, but not sickly. Not as toned as Applejack but not as frail looking as Rarity's. She stopped her self examination as she heard hoof steps coming in her direction.

'Time to play possum and to feed off of his emotions.' She grinned evilly as she slowly plopped down into the snow on her side. She gave a shiver feeling the snow touch her now fur covered body before closing her eyes and giving a low moan as if she was in pain. Listening quietly she heard the hoof steps come to a halt before giving one more whimpering moan and then a soft gallop as the hooves came closer to her.

'There! I can feel it!' She thought as the galloping came to a halt next to her, Midnight giving an audible gasp upon seeing the mare laying in the snow. 'Wait............ he's worried, but I can also feel love coming from him. But how?!' She thought before feeling a gentle nudge on her back.

"Hey, are you ok? Can you hear me?" Midnight asked as he checked her over quickly.

Chrysalis continued to remain motionless for the moment before she felt a warming aura surround her along with the feeling of weightlessness as she was lifted from the ground and placed onto Midnight's back. She opened an eye just barely so she could see the Alicorn wrapping her in magic as she lay on his back curled up. He took off without another word, spreading his wings and taking flight. Within a minute he had arrived at the farm house and made his way inside.

"AJ! Need some help here love." Midnight shouted as he placed the pony on his back onto a large pillow in front of the fireplace.

"Now what in tarnation are ya'll yelling fer....... " She trailed off as she watched her stallion placing the unconscious mare in front of the fire place. "What happened'n'who is this?"

"I dunno, I was about to grab what you asked for when I heard her. She was like this when I found her. Should I take her to the hospital?" Midnight asked.

'Dammit! This will all be for naught if they try to take me to the hospital before I can get enough sustenance. Better fake the waking now.' Chrysalis thought as she gave another low moan and stirred slightly.

"Hold that thought, she's waking up." AJ stated as the two walked over to her.

"Hey, are you alright?" Midnight asked as he came closer but stopped as the pony recoiled away slightly.

'Ha! The timid and fearful body language works everytime.' "Who are you......... w-where am I? What happened?" Chrysalis spoke out in a fearful tone.

"It's alright, nopony is going to hurt you." Midnight stated as he took a seat on the floor while looking at her cautiously. "Are you hurt? I found you unconscious out in one of the fields."

'Mmmmmmmmmm that love and worry is simply delightful. I think I could spend a little while here to regain my strength, being a day late for our little get together with Celestia should be fine.' "I'm alright I think." Chrysalis stated as she began to rise but fell back onto her pillow giving a whine of pain. "Ow....... m-my leg hurts." She spoke out in a pitiful tone while wincing in fake pain.

AJ starred at her for a moment as she looked her over once again. She wasn't a hundred percent sure at that moment, but should could have sworn that she had detected a lie from the pony. She brushed it off however as she went into the kitchen to get a cup of hot chocolate for the pony.

"Here, let me help." Midnight stated as he moved a little closer, his horn lighting up as he was about to cast a healing spell onto the pony but stopped as he noticed the fear in her eyes. "It's just a healing spell, no need to worry." He stated.

"It's not that, I don't like to use magic to heal." She stated softly while looking away. 'Please let this idiot fall for that ruse.'

"Alright, I can understand your decision on that. AJ tends to have the same outlook, although I still can't fathom why." Midnight chuckled softly as he gave her a warm smile. "If you don't mind my asking, what were you doing out in one of the Apple Family's fields in this weather?"

'Dammit, think fast.' Chrysalis thought to herself. "Uh......... I.......... don't remember." She stated as she pressed a hoof to her head slightly, rubbing gently while giving a fake pained expression. Her eyes snapped open as she gave a confused look toward Midnight. "In fact, I can't remember my name either." She stated as she rubbed her head with both forehooves now.

"That's not good." Midnight spoke in worry as he looked the mare over.

'Ah, I remember that little feeling.' Chrysalis grinned internally. 'Lust is such a common emotion from stallions. To bad it isn't very filling.' She sighed.

"Here ya go sugarcube, a nice cup of hot chocolate to warm ya up post haste." AJ stated as she trotted back into the living room with the cup on a small plate on her back. Midnight pulling it from her with his magic and placing it in front of the unknown pony that was sitting in front of the fireplace.

"Thank you." Chrysalis said giving a slight blush and smile toward Midnight only to cause his emotions to flare. 'Embarassment? Such a foal emotion for such a silly way to speak. It is a rather sweet tasting emotion though. Almost like candy to me.'

"So ya don't know what happened or who ya are?" AJ asked the pony seeing her shake her head.

"No....." She trailed off looking down and giving a slight sniffle.

Aj gave a slight eye twitch as she continued to read the pony's body language. She couldn't help but feel that she was lying about everything, but just couldn't place it. Moving over to Midnight she gave him a little nudge to garner his attention before nodding back to the kitchen. He nodded back to her as she began walking.

"Please excuse us for a moment." He said as he turned away from Chrysalis, following the orange earth pony into the kitchen.

The two ponies made there way into the kitchen, moving to one of the furthest corners to speak.

"What's up?" Midnight asked as he leaned down to speak to AJ.

"Ah'm not quite sure Night, But ah think that pony is fibbing to us." She stated softly as she glared slightly toward the door to the kitchen.

"Fibbing? But how can you tell?" He asked.

"Element of honesty.........." She droned in annoyance seeing him facehoof. "Jes keep yer guard up and don't fall for a purty face sugarcube." She stated as she headed back toward the living room.

"Sorry bout that sugarcube, jes had teh tell mah stallion teh head inteh town to tell a friend something." She smiled as she nodded back to Midnight. "Better get back over to Twilight's Night. She might get worried that ya ain't been by enough." AJ chuckled.

'Damn! And I was just starting to loose those blasted hunger pains. I wonder.........' Chrysalis thought to herself giving an internal grin. "Would you mind if I tagged along? I might remember something if I go into town with you." She smiled softly toward the Alicorn.

"I...... guess it wouldn't hurt." Midnight said as he rubbed the back of his neck, looking to AJ to see if she would care only to see her nod.

Chrysalis stood up and began to fake limping toward the door but gave an eep as she was picked up and placed onto Midnight's back in a field of magic.

"Better stay off that hoof if you won't let me use any magic to heal it." He chuckled as they headed out the door. "Let's head into town, I'm sure somepony will remember you."

The two left the farmhouse heading into town, AJ sitting back and giving a worried glance as they continued to disappear into the distance.

"Sure hope ah'm worng bout her night." AJ stated softly as she finally lost sight of them.