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After the changelings reveal themselves and establish control, the call is made.

A swirling mass of dark green magic formed faster and larger than the devices closing their distance. It was only a matter of seconds, mere moments of terror, where Spitfire had to watch and wait to discover what fate would await her.

Before she could have imagined the device’s purpose, a flash shined out from the orb of dark green light and in the center projected the face of the twisted queen herself, surrounded by a shroud of dark aura.

“Arista! This better be important!” Chrysalis shouted through the orb. 

The changeling, who once disguised himself as a red unicorn, bowed boastfully to his queen.

“Your most wickedness. We have located Thorax without any trouble, and he has even came bearing gifts.”

Arista stepped to the side of the viewing orb, revealing the dull, shameful-looking Earth pony that was Thorax in disguise, Spitfire still pinned to the ground behind him, and Rainbow coughing and wheezing not too far away.

Immediately, her eyes shot open with surprise.

“Rainbow Dash and a Wonderbolt! What are they doing here?!” Her eyes fell back on Thorax, turning from shock to disgust. “And take off that disguise. I can’t take you seriously when you look like that.”

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I should have added more hoof prints in the snow for this pic, but it was already a big enough pain in the ass as it was just working with the viewing projection/portal. I kind of want to think I should have gone about it completely differently, but time was already an issue for me. So… this is what I ended up with.

Also, it was super annoying that I couldn’t get anything close to the proper-looking horn Chrysalis is supposed to have generated, so I ended up painting in what I could. That, and her crown, was brought in as a mix of two different-looking ones that I had to fix. Nothing of which was as complex as coming up with the support structure for the projector itself because… damnn… I had no idea how to recreate the kind of membrane material the show displayed. I settled on alien tentacle vines and warped them into shape for the base.