Probably the best thing to happen in Discord's long life was finding the magic of friendship. As much as the old Chaos Lord might complain, without it he would never have found so many that were dear to his heart.

When that heart finds itself empty, he comes to the Princess to ask a favor: allow him the opportunity to bring friendship to other dark hearts. All she has to do is lend him a statue.

The rest is in his chaotic claws.

Featured on 10/18/19, 10/22/19 and 10/25/19!

Featured in Equestria Daily on 6/18/2020 and in their 40 Fanfics to Read for Villain Day on 11/12/2020!

Reviewed here by Javarod!

Also reviewed by PresentPerfect with the rating of Highly Recommended! And it also made the Top 10 of 2020!

Death tag - no horrible murder, just a few mentions and the natural consequences of time.

In the Royal Canterlot Gardens a statue cracks as an old enemy starts to regain consciousness. She can't remember much at first but soon memories flow back to her. Now if only she can remember her name.

The failed plans of Queen Chrysalis have lead her hive to an all time low. Flung into a desolate region by the power of Cadence and Shining Armour's spell, Queen Chrysalis falls into a brooding sadness. She she is tired of being queen and sets out on her own. Determined to leave behind all the problems of the past and get as far away from her incompetent underlings as possible. Seeing their queen so down her remaining drones and workers try their best to cheer her up. But thinking isn't their strong point, so their efforts lead to a number interesting failures.

(This is planned to be a short story for the "Love me, love my hive." event on Equestria daily.)

Princess Celestia has a bit of a problem that only a shapeshifter can solve (probably).

(Obviously inspired by Skywriter's "Princess Celestia Hates Tea".)

The highest art in diplomacy is turning enemies into allies.

Faux Pas: War Engineer of Chrysalis' Hive, a personal advisor to the Queen and one of the select few allowed to think freely.

Military genius, master strategist in both offense and defense, mastermind of the Canterlot raid.

Of course he got captured.

For his actions during the raid on Equestria's capital, he is put on trial and judged by a court out for his blood. The odds are stacked against him, and there is hardly any doubt that his days are numbered.

But changelings are nothing, if not masters of deception. Faux's got his own plans for the trial.

Now has a sequel

A/N: My submission for the fourth Author's Prompt, which is about, you guessed it: being on trial. It's a little darker than my usual fare, and I'm not too sure about the ending. Feedback is appreciated, as the story hasn't been officially submitted to the prompt yet.

19/12 Edit: Woop! Judges loved it, offered suggestions. It has been rewritten with their suggestions in mind.
Some changes:
-actual trial is more two-sided. Both parties have a fair point.
-fight that breaks out during the trial is longer.
-Celestia is made more believable in general (I hope, it's really hard in this sort of story).

Queen Chrysalis, the proud former ruler of the changelings, is brought out of stone sleep to avert a terrible crisis. But what will it take to convince her to help?

Fourth place in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Classic Contest #34 with the theme "going home" and prompt "this is not how I left it/this is not how it used to be" in an incomplete state and finished at a later date.

A thank you to Seer for editing help and proofreading before publishing.

Chrysalis disguised as an unicorn was just sitting in ponyville park. She was not feeding on the abundant love around her. She wasn't attacking ponies and encasing them in cocoons, in fact all that she was doing was watching the ponies go on about their business on this Hearts and Hooves day. Starlight knew that she was up to something but she hadn't moved or done anything other then watch pony couples and it was driving Starlight crazy.

Chrysalis’ heart wrenched at the words as she felt a rush of dread. “Cadie… You- you don’t mean that.”

“I do! You’re a monster! And you’re not my sister! All you do is take! You don’t know how to love because all you care about is yourself!”

AU. Modern. EG/Human. Teen. Random AF. Main Pairing: Queen Chrysalis x Shining Armor; Features: Celestia, Luna, Mane 6, Maud Pie, Fluffle Puff and Princess Cadence.

Cover Art: Mega Anime Couple Creator [https://www.dolldivine.com/images/anime-couple-creator] By Rinmaru Games

While Celestia did everything in her power to prepare Twilight for her role as her successor (whether she wanted it or not), the one thing she did not prepare her for was the duties of her sister. And it’s a little difficult for Twilight to rule Equestria in the day if she couldn’t even govern the dream realm.

Luckily, she had a certain guidance counsellor on hoof.