The moon basked all of Equestria in a pale blue light, stars above glimmered like diamonds on this especially lazy night of peace. Not a pony could be seen on the streets of Canterlot, as only a select few shops were open.
The Hay Burger, one such shop, within the barn-like structure sat a single pony near the far right of the restaurant. She was dressed in a bright pink hoodie and casually sipped on a Giga Gulp, a cream-colored waitress cantering over with a polite smile.
"Are you ready to order ma'am?" She spoke in a melodic tune, holding a tiny notebook at her side with yellow unicorn magic.
"Sure, I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and another Giga Gulp." The pony's tiny black muzzle flashed a sheepish grin.
"Uhh, coming right up?" The waitress backed away slowly in utter shock.
The front door swung open as Shining Armor trotted inside his gaze that of a constipated yak, he was dressed in an oversized beige cloak hiding away his features from all prying eyes. The pink hooded pony waving him over, her dark black hoof covered in multiple holes.
"Chryssy, is that you?" Shining inched closer with uncertainty.
"I don't know, are you Mr. Dork?" Chrysalis giggled sarcastically behind her own hood.
"Laugh it up, it's dangerous to meet in crowded places!" Shining sighed, plopping down on the opposite side of the booth.
"It is!? ~ Shining Armor is meeting with a changeling, the utter madness of it all!!" Chrysalis swung both hooves high into the air wildly, her voice booming.
"Are you insane!?" Shining snapped in a panic, head darting around the completely empty room.
"Dude chill, this place is absolutely dead." Chrysalis rolled dark green eyes.
"You can never be too careful." Shining narrowed ocean blue eyes to his friend.
"Hmm, you weren't too careful when we met up to LARP?" Chrysalis snorted out loud.
"How was I supposed to know that AD was from a Changeling Queen?" Shining seemed to relax a bit more in his seat.
"Bug loving pony in search of changes, looking for a LARP partner to explore the Power Pony Universe! ~ Yeah sounds totally mysterious…" Chrysalis blew a tiny raspberry playfully.
"At the time it was, so how is the hive?" Shining cleared his throat to change the subject.
"Well, we're still regrouping after the whole invasion thing." Chrysalis scrunched her muzzle cutely.
"That bad huh?" Shining could feel sweat trickling down his forehead.
"Each day is a bit harder, but we manage." She flaunted her hoof in place dismissively.
Shining couldn't help himself but feel uneasy about this blooming friendship, she was a former villain after all that tried to take over the Crystal Kingdom. "So any plans after the repairs?" He swallowed the lump growing in his throat.
He knew these meetings were taboo, yet he couldn't stop himself from searching them out.
"Are we going to strike again out of revenge?" Chrysalis arched a thin brow across the table.
"No, no, no….yes?" He felt his cheeks burn a bright red.
"Can't say it wasn't on my mind when being flung into the horizon by a love explosion…" Chrysalis licked her lips slowly searching her mind for the right words.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Shining snorted sheepishly.
"But after getting to know you from what seven meetings?" She spoke in a genuine tone of voice.
"Nine actually," Shining spoke up playfully.
"Well, ponies are sort of cool… I suppose." Chrysalis flashed a sly smirk in return.
"You're being honest aren't you?" Shining smiled his hoof gently resting atop his new friend's hoof.
"Duh, dork!" Chrysalis pulled away just as her order was being pulled out into the open by a large trolly.
"Hungry?" Shining burst into a howl of laughter behind his cloak.
"Absolutely, I rarely get to eat what I want! ~ My four hundred children usually dictate over the meal plans…" Chrysalis slowly turned her head to see the shocked waitress gawking.
"Yeah, this figure is all mine!" Chrysalis wiggled her hips in place playfully.
"I'll take water." Shining shook his head laughing, the waitress trotting off in uncertain silence of what exactly was going on.
"This place has the best burgers!" Chrysalis lowered her head into the bounty of food on the table, lifting upward with a red muzzle covered in ketchup.
"Don't you eat love?" Shining chuckled quizzically.
"You ponies like friendship, but don't like shrivel up without it!" Chrysalis smacked her jaws slowly in deep thought.
"Love is delicious to have, but we do like other things." She used her long slimy tongue to clean off her cheek.
"Really, do your kids have a favorite?" Shining poked fun at the Queen smirking.
"Wiseass! ~ I think seventy-two of them like fruit, but I'm honestly not sure." Chrysalis pursed her lips as her friend chuckled it up across the booth.
"So for our next session, I was thinking of a Humdrum and Radiance saga!" Shining reached into his cloak removing a chunky book of role-play ideas.
"Boring, I just finished my Mane-iac costume!!" Chrysalis quickly chirped as the stallion gasped in a shocked horse noise.
"You're bucking kidding!?" He nearly bounced out of his seat in excitement.
"No, it's time for the origin story arc." She squealed in excitement, Mane-iac's backstory her absolute favorite series of comics ever.
The waitress slowly inched her way back to the table with water in tow, Shining flipping open his book to jot down a few fleeting ideas for their upcoming sessions. "This is going to be amazing, I just need to find an abandoned vat to dunk you in." The glass of water slowly placed in front of him.
"Are you a terrorist?" The waitress blurted out in a shaken voice to these two cloaked ponies.
"Worse, we're zombie terrorists!" Chrysalis pulled her hood down, revealing a rotted pony corpse with no mane and an open eye socket overflowing with maggots.
The waitress screamed in absolute terror trying to run away, tripping over her own hooves before crashing to the floor with a loud thud. Her head popped against the floor hard, the poor mare knocked out cold in a matter of seconds.
"Bouncy Buffet is everything ok out there!?" A stallion's voice rang out from the kitchen worriedly.
"Yes boss, just dropped a darn plate!" Chrysalis mimicked the waitress's voice perfectly in reply.
Shining lowered his hood glaring to the changeling for such a mean spirited joke. "Was that really called for?" He pursed both lips sternly in dissatisfaction, Chrysalis returning to normal in a fiery flash of light.
"No, but it was fun." She shrugged quickly, stuffing a whole burger into her mouth.
"Om-nom, besides now the meal is free." She stuffed the remaining amount of food deep into her hoodie.
"Chryssy!" Shining snapped as his sense of honor kicked in.
"Fine! ~ Half off!!" Chrysalis grumbled and tossed a few mossy bits on the table.
Shining quickly chugged his water down in a flash, jumping out of the booth while pocketing his book safely against his chest. "We should go before this undoubtedly gets out of hoof." He chuckled, galloping towards the door.
"Absolutely." Chrysalis followed after him, stopping to mug a bag of bits from the unconscious unicorn on the floor.
Outside Shining stood under the protective glow of the moon, his thoughts locked on Chrysalis and the odd feeling of friendship he felt with her. Whenever he tried to share his passions with Cadance, she'd zone out or simply pick up a book and nod along.
But with Chryssy, it was completely different. She'd share her own theories on the subject, talk about her cosplays or gush over new figures she had acquired. He had been uncertain about this odd bug at first, but after ten meetings without an incident.
He didn't think she was so much a psychopath.
But just a plain old nerd.
Twilight always spoke of redemption of the wicked, perhaps this was his chance to prove her words correct. By forgiving the past and moving forward with confidence, Chrysalis soon at his side, her face hidden from the world.
"Same time next week?" She chirped with a cricket like melody.
"I trust you Chryssy." Shining felt the words escape his muzzle.
"Guess this would be a horrible time to mug you then." She flashed a fangy grin.
"Seriously, I see you as a friend." Shining turned to face the adorkable bug, lowering her hood gently with his hoof.
"Uh?" She tilted her head confused.
"I'd be honored if you would want to visit the palace." Shining gave his goofiest smile.
"To be arrested?" Chrysalis bluntly replied.
"No, to just hang out!" Shining slapped his forehead.
"Kay?" Chrysalis quickly pulled her hood back up.
"Seriously, just know I'm not ashamed of you." He placed his hoof on her shoulder.
Chrysalis quickly pulled away darting off towards the horizon, she spun around to wave goodbye in a flustered state. "I know, dork!" She giggled soon vanishing into the night.
Shining stood on the empty street alone, he could tell she was frightened of change.
A fear he prayed that he could lift from her heart, nopony deserved to be cast away.
Nopony.
No. No. No. I did not read that. No no no no no! SHINING ARMOUR!!! Oh my when Cadance finds out she's going to be so mad...
This is... a thing. I think I like this, but I'm not sure...
Let us see where it goes!
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Yes... Yes she is.
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Might wanna slow the pacing a wee bit, but all and all i like the premise of your story of them being friends. I also could see Shining getting Spike to help by getting him into an O&O game with him, Chrissy and whoever else he (Shining) might trust to help.
"It's not a love story."
Ah, that explains it. I was wondering why there was no Romance Tag.
why are you writing stories about meeeeeeee
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This seems interesting, i think i'll keep an eye on this story.
I like the energy the two of them have. And you're good at portraying this kind of character. Keep an eye on your punctuation, though, and refresh yourself on the structure of sentences.
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I want a polyship! with all three of them!
I'm already wondering where all this will lead
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I know what the title says but... Damn do I ship it.
You had my interest. Now you have my attention. And my cat. And my feral man-eating chicken.
I'm going to need the chicken back, if you don't mind.
This was FAR cuter than I expected! I LIKE IT! ^_^
Ha
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I'm sure this will go perfectly without anything bad happening whatsoever.
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And thus they were jinxed.
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Adorable!
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I almost used that picture as the cover art, lol.
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Aww , ty!
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But it was so feral...fine.
~ Returns chicken reluctantly.~
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Refreshing now....crashes X_X
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She's on to me!
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Sounds adorable!
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Yes... It's Not A Love Story.
as soon as i saw the 'two number 9s' i knew and just lost it
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I was hoping somebody would appreciate the nod...
The entire premise of the story is sabotaged when you say that Chrysalis did infact invade Canterlot. You can't go saying she isn't evil only to mention her doing a canon evil scheme.
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Not saying she's not evil, she mugged a unconscious pony for one.
She's more on the fence about being diabolical, but willing to at least put some trust into Shining.
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bruh, i love Big Smoke memes. 'OOHHHHH'
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I know, I couldn't help myself but to sneak it in.
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a what now?
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Lol, Spike helping to set up a O&O game, sounds like a cute idea.
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I meant whats a big smoke meme? (I typically dont understand memes)
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“The same thing that makes us laugh, makes us cry” - BS
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Oh, well in GTA San Andreas, it's a old video game.
These friends go to a place called Cluckin Belle to eat.
They're supposed to order something quick because they are waiting for somebody to come out in the open.
Everybody orders like just a sandwich or wings, but Big Smoke orders a ton of food.
What Chrysalis ordered was Big Smokes Order.
It's like a couple not burgers, wings a large drink and a bucket of chicken I think, lol. In the GTA game.
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Lol
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ohhhh i see :)
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For some reason it took me until the "number 9 large" to notice
This is 💯% a love story
I'm really digging this story and look forward to more.
Now that was adorkably adorable and cutely nerdy. I loved it
Magic missile! Magic missile!
I wonder if any of the Chrysalis children share her geek interests?
or do they consider it just overseas and oddity and do not understand it? 🤔
The cover art made me think of this. https://youtu.be/riHgBEu3OSk?t=73
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Welcome!
.....Now when are we getting MOAR?
I can't get the idea of Chrysalis mugging everyone she meets now...
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Thorax whole heartedly... Pharanx is too tsundere to admit it
This works surprisingly well, and while a tad brief in this first outing it is still quite enjoyable.
I like that there's still some tension between them. Shiny knows she's still a bad person, but is coming to like her in spite of that and wants to try to provide a good influence on her. While Chrysalis is apparently only really looking at ponies as worthy of any consideration because of this young friendship, but is still happily villainous.
I stopped reading right here and started laughing uncontrollably. For this quote alone you have my track on this. And a follow, once I stop laughing and can keep reading.
I like it but I’m going to wait to favorite it. Don’t let us down!
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in addition to these two, her brood also contains a whole hive. :D
I feel like the world couldn't handle a whole race of geek nerds. XD
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Occelus is too young or too shy to admit it but then she interacts with Fluttershy and become an otaku