Nightmare Rarity betrays Chrysalis

“What’s going on here? Why's Chrysalis here? And why's Cadence on the ground like that?” Spike asked, his eyes darting between the three. Chrysalis’s gaze shot to Nightmare Rarity in a panic, all the while the alicorn simply drooled happily at her feet. Nightmare Rarity only spared her ally the briefest of glances before turning back to the confused dragon.

That glance had been almost regretful, sympathetic, and filled with pity, and in that instant, the queen knew what that bitch was planning. As generous as she may have claimed to be, she would never stick out her own neck for the changeling.

Chrysalis opened her mouth, ready to drag her down, but she found that a quick spell from the unicorn had removed her ability to speak. She glanced towards the dragon, desperately trying to communicate her ‘friend’s’ betrayal, but it was all for naught, for the dragon’s gaze was fixed directly on the dark reflection of his friend.

“Darling, you weren’t supposed to find out this early. This was the surprise I was telling you about,” she lied, cupping his cheek with a hand. She was trying to use her beauty to distract the dragon, a trick Chrysalis was all too familiar with. The dumb bastard seemed to be extremely gullible however, falling straight for such an obvious act.

"So you want to turn her into my **** as well?" Spike asked, sealing the fate of the changeling queen. Her eyes begged her former ally, but she knew it was all for naught. The Root of Honesty's power would have made it all retroactive anyway, at least if Chrysalis was remembering the Time Master's explanation correctly.

"Aw darling, you know me all too well… After all, you cannot deny that she's quite the catch," Nightmare Rarity purred, her eyes darting towards Chrysalis who wanted to claw her eyes out, but an ever so subtle use of magic by the imposter Rarity kept her restrained.

"My queen, what is going on?" Cadence asked in confusion, loyal eyes darted between her queen, her mistress, and her master. “Is master and mistress here for a reason?”

“Queen?” Spike asked in confusion.

“I thought it would be fun to watch the tables be reversed with Cadence. She acted so out of turn manipulating us, master, that I thought it would be fun to turn the tables on her,” she lied, confused. She thought she wanted to make the changeling queen one of the dragon’s slaves, to maintain her cover of course, so why had she allowed her to hypnotize Cadence again?

"We agreed that we would let that go. We promised Gleaming Shield that we would forgive her for that," Spike reminded her, frowning, "What's going on with you? You've been different recently, what's going on?"

Nightmare Rarity chewed the inside of her lip, and Chrysalis looked on at the unicorn with curiosity, wondering if the dragon might catch on that the Rarity he'd talked to and fucked for the last few days was in fact an imposter, but Nightmare Rarity was a master of the poker face. Had Chrysalis not been in the know, she most definitely would have fallen for it.

"Oh Spikey-Master, I suppose I've just been feeling a bit angry after the attack a few days ago. I know Sweetie Belle was ultimately fine and that bitch Radiant Hope was brought to heel, yet I can't help but feel shaken. I… I suppose I've been taking it out on poor Cadence here,” she cried, her performance so good that Chrysalis almost believed her.

Spike, however, was never one to doubt the ones he loved, so he took her hands into his own lovingly and gave her a reassuring smile before giving her a comforting kiss. "I'm sure you'll be feeling better later, right? Do you think it won't affect you later?"

"That's cheating," Nightmare Rarity laughed, pushing the dragon back just as the real Rarity would. Spike, for his part, just had a cheeky smile on his face. "There's the mare I love so much. Now, do you have any idea of what we should do with Chrysalis here?"

Chrysalis tried in vain to strain against the treacherous Nightmare Rarity's magical restraints, desperately wishing she could scream vile insults at her captors. She tried every spell she had in her horn, yet it was akin to the comparison between the flames of a candle and a volcano. It was no use.

"Mistress, surely such a wonderful, perfect queen like Chrysalis here would make a perfect addition to the harem? I for one wouldn't hesitate to fuck her," Cadence spoke up, and Chrysalis cursed herself for not using her chance hypnotizing the princess to remove her loyalty to her mistress and master. "She's also a great queen, ten times as skilled as myself. Perhaps she should have a position as a key advisor, and we should give her her kingdom back. To rule in your name of course, master."

"Actually, I was about to suggest something similar, master. Have you ever heard of Saddle Arabian concubines? They’re intelligent, beautiful women who serve as capable advisors as well as personal sex slaves. The two are hardly mutually expensive. Would you like that, master? To have Chrysalis as the intelligent, beautiful concubine of your harem?” Nightmare Rarity asked Spike, her hands exploring the dragon’s muscular body. Spike found himself smiling like an idiot. "More independent than your average ****, almost an equal, but someone who wants to advise you. Not quite so beholden to your instructions, but more likely to make her own suggestions. What do you think?"

Spike wasn't the only one thinking about that fate. Both Chrysalis and Cadence were certainly considering it, the latter seemed almost eager to see it happen. Like a devoted fan learning that their hero was becoming her stepmother, she beamed like a star struck idiot. Chrysalis, however, was of two minds, the first was that of disgust. She had no wish to ever touch that dragon. She was Queen Chrysalis; she didn't deserve to be anypony's lesser. She deserved the world to herself... But then again, out of all the bad options, this might be best she could realistically hope for. Maybe the betrayal wasn't as severe as she feared.

"I think I quite like that idea. Chrysalis, is that why you're here? Did you come to offer to be my concubine? Have you wanted to be my concubine since we took your hive and been preparing to be the best concubine you could be? Did you do an excellent job?" Spike asked, letting the unicorn go.

Chrysalis had just enough time to realize what had happened before the changes took effect. Her memories began to warp from two factors, both the power of the Root and the Time Master’s contingency power. She forgot all about the conspiracy and all the memories related to it. She forgot about her nights scheming to retake her throne, she forgot all about ****, she stopped caring about dominating Equestria, not for herself at least.

Now, she remembered being obsessed with the damn dragon every night since Thorax’s ascension. She couldn’t recall where she had picked up on the idea of being this dragon’s concubine, but once she had, she was determined, despite all sense, to make it a reality. She had consumed studies on everything she felt a good concubine should know, from the bookish like politics, magic, statecraft, and intrigue as well as the more personal like cooking, comfort, seduction, and of course sex.

Now, when Chrysalis looked upon the dragon, her heart thumped with a mix of excitement and nervousness. This was it, this was her moment to confess, to serve the dragon. She hoped she would forgive him and let her find out.

Spike, however, didn't give her the chance, “Will Chrysalis forget everything about this meeting? Is she actually waiting to meet me in the throne room to ask me to be her concubine? Will everypony be okay with this?”

In a moment, Chrysalis was gone, as if she was never there. Nightmare Rarity was confused by what had happened. “Why did you do that, master?”

“I wanted her request to be sincere,” Spike explained with a smirk.

“I certainly hope you’ll accept, master. Chrysalis is so beautiful and ten times the pony I am. She’ll make an excellent concubine, I’d be happy to give anything up for it since she’ll be ten times better than me. Though, I do hope you’ll grant this unworthy bitch the small chance to fuck her, if that isn’t more than I deserve,” Cadence asked Spike, though her tone was more akin to a beg.

“Perhaps I should change her back…” Spike muttered to Nightmare Rarity.

She erred on the side of caution when she advised Spike. “It is your choice, master. Do with her as you wish.”

A/N: Still on the fence on whether I should leave Cadence as she is or turn her back. I’m leaning on the latter, but I’m somewhat unsure as to what Cadence’s reaction would be. So I’llI'd like to herehear people’s preferences in the comments if you don’t mind.

Also, either the next chapter or the one after will be a vote chapter, i. If you have any preferences for new additions to the list (from either Ponyville or the Crystal Empire), let me know). Also, I’m thinking that since we have such a backlog that we, afterthat after the conspiracy arc is finished, I might consider holding off adding another setting for after two or three characters to avoid the backlog getting longer. B, but that’ll be at least three more characters away.

Thanks to That_Guy_You_Know for editing this chapter.

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