"Of course, given I knew that the princesses would see through that ruse, to make you worse to the ponies than you actually were, although given your own devious mind and words, I hardly needed to do much at all," Chrysalis said with a sly smirk, the tip of her forked tongue flicking out over the exposed fangs. "But what they weren't planning on was the fact that I knew this day was coming. That they were going to send somepony to take you away, to do as I had done and have you kidnapped from the seat of my power. It was going to hurt letting you be taken away, but I always planned to take you back once the next phase in my plan had started. The only thing I wasn't prepared for was... you."