Talk:To Where and Back Again - Part 1/@comment-11463617-20161007000205/@comment-24908786-20161008151253

Chrysalis did say that she thought too small last time going after Canterlot and kidnapping Princess Cadance and impersonating her.

This time, it was for revenge. Knowing full well that the Royal Family and the Mane Six were the ones who ruined her previous plot, she wanted them out of the way immediately. That way, with her drones now in the Crystal Empire, Canterlot, and Ponyville disguised as the Royal Family and the Mane Six, all Chrysalis had to do was stay at the hive, protect her hostages, then when she was strong enough to launch the second invasion, make her move, and Equestria would capitulate easily once they realized the Royal Family and Mane Six had already been kidnapped and were already too late to defend themselves.