Prompt: Difficult Greenery

Throax clip clopped down an incline in the hive, slightly uneven from lack of matinance. Four other changelings clad in armour and spears followed alongside him. He didn't call for them, but they insisted on escorting him.

A potted plant held close in his magic, some type of plant. He didnt know the exact name, some wide leaves with long winding stems, though plants wern't really his specialty. That was one of the new guilds that popped up after Chrysalis rein was overthrown. They were in charge of studying and populating the barren sands of the badlands with lush plant life. Throax didnt really mind the sands. He liked rocks.

He continued walking, trying to occupy his mind. Navagating the long dark hallways of the underhive still filled him with dread. The darkness wans't a problem, he could easily see. Nor the small, well smallish, hallways and crevicies. Those still brought him confort. It was the thing, more specifically someling, that he was dreading.

He stopped at an ornate door, something way fancier than should fit given the surroundings.

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. He held up his hoof and gave a few light taps to the door.

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Nothing.

He tapped his hoof, this time harder, slight echos of the knock could be heard.

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Nothing.

He let out a sigh.

Setting his hoof on the doorhandle he slowly turning it with a push.

The slowly door creaked open, the loudness against the silemce making Thorax slightly wince.

He waited a beat. Then, slowly poking his head through, he tried to make out anything in the room.

It was dark, almost pitch black. Well pitch black to a normal pony. He could see, still barley. The low light of his magic giving just enough to see.

It was empty, as least for the one he was looking for. There was furniture. A nice bed. A desk, which looked to have papers scewn about it. Better than last time when it was empty. Not much else.

Thorax cleared his throat with intention, letting the noise echo out.

"Um... Chrysalis..." he said meekly.

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Nothing.

"I um, brought you a plant," a pause. "It's uhh, well I dont know but I think the lush guild would love to talk to you about it if you'd... like to... um" his speech petering out.

Still no response.

"I'll just... put it on your desk." Turning to his gaurds he gave a signal letting them know to stay out here. He slowly walked over, leaving the door open. For more light, and to ease his thoughts.

As he walked up to the desk, he got a closer look of the drawings.

Oh.

Well it was a bunch of rather colourful images, though some where nice.

He quickly put the plant down. Next to the other, clearly bitten and torn potted plant.

He turned to the bed. "Oh those drawings are... um nice"

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Nothing.

He let out a sigh once more and walked towards the door.

As he got to it a low rumble, akin to a hiss, exhoed out through the room.

Throax froze in place, slowly turning his head around.

He saw nothing.

He glanced around once last ti-

"Heh heh hehehe." a high pitched giggling laugh echoed through the room.

He could tell where it was comming from as he frantically looked around the room. His eyes comming to meet green glowing ones under the bed, Slitted pupils staring right through him.

Throax cleared his throat, again, this time trying to make it quiet. A normal clearing not one of uneasyness.

It wasnt normal.

"Oh hi... Chrysalis..." he meeked out.

Her eyes narrowed. "Hello, Traitor." her words slithered out, full of malice.

Thorax did his best to ignore her words.

"I brought you a plant. I don't know if u heard me be-"

"I heard."

Throax paused, continuing to look at her but pawing his hoof on the ground. "Well... would you be interested in that discussion?"

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"Hmmm?" the voice inquired. "Oh I would love to discuss with you." the voice said giving each word its own room. "We can discuss returning the throne to it's rightful changeling"

Throax sighed. All discussions leading to this. Either about returning the throne. To which he wasn't exactly opposed to. Most of the other changelings would favour that over him. Or her plans to escape. To which he wasn't sure giving your escape plans out was a good idea, but he assumed it was just to confused him. It was working. Or the many times she talked about what she would do to him. The pictures she drew painted a clear picture of that, with lots of blood.

He scoffed. "Chrsyalis you can't keep doing this. Surly you have other topics to discuss? Hobbies?" he narrowed his eyes. "I know you're just doing this to scare me."

Chrysalis narrower her eyes, letting out a low hiss. "You took my hive Traitor." letting that last word drip with venom. "There is nothing I want to discuss with you."

"Well can you atleast come out of this room? And maybe not eat this plant this time? You need some decoration in here. Its nice." he said.

Silence followed.

"Just... try to I don't know..." he looked to the side.

Her pupils thinned as she lept out from under the bed, hovering just over Throax. A malicious smile on her face, fangs bared and venom dripping from them.

Throax yelped and fell backwards, trying his best to push himsepf further.

As soon as Throax yelped the gaurds lept into the room, within half a second two stood infront of Thorax and two held their spears against Chrysalis.

Her grin soured as she looked at the gaurds. "Ppfff. Oh Thorax, you never let me have my fun." she said with a giggle.

Thorax was breathing hard and recovering. He knoew she would do this again. She almost always did at random.

"Haha yeah... fun." he strangled out, trying to catch his breath.

The guards where ushering him out the room at this point. He couldn't blame them. He would have like to talk to her more, try to get something other than hissing out of her. But maybe him visiting was only a detriment.

As all the guards left the room, the last one closing the door and locking it. Thorax let out a long sigh. "Sorry lings, she... always does this."

He started walking towards the exit. "Im gunna... make a meeting with her and the lush guild." he stated. "Maybe she just needs more decoration."