Terror in Equestria 7: Battle for Control of the World

Chapters

Return of the Dark Goddess
Twilight's Meeting
Sinister Plans
Reclaiming the Army and Archives
Retaking Control of the Jade Alicorn
The Great Betrayal
Rise of a Second Dark Goddess
Meetings of the Dark Goddesses
Defending Her Turf
A Brutal Execution
An Important Meeting
Final Preparations
Attack on Ponyville
One Final Battle
Purple Planet
One Final Battle (Alternate Ending)
A New Dawn (Alternate Ending)
The Trial of Lyra and Lemon Hearts
The Calm Before the Storm

Return of the Dark Goddess

While areas west of the Pegasus Ocean have been suffering through horrible wars, events in Equestria have been rather normal. The Apple Family has been Applebucking, albeit more slowly since Apple Bloom and her adoptive sisters have been gone to war, Rarity has been fairly happy since sales have increased, Pinkie has continued to run Sugarcube Corner and despite Pegasus and Alicorn races being cancelled due to the foreign wars, Rainbow Dash has continued to clear the skies like she has for over four millennia.

It was a clear day in Ponyville when Applejack, after a long day of Applebucking, headed to Sugarcube Corner to get a treat. When she got there her friends had already gathered there. Pinkie could tell that she was exhausted. She asked, "Hey Applejack, do you want something sweet to eat?"

Applejack replied, "Yeah but could Ah have some water as well? I'm plum tuckered out."

Pinkie said, "Of course!"

Applejack sat down at the table with her friends. She had been working out in the hot sun and didn't smell fresh. Rarity asked, "Applejack, couldn't you have at least washed before coming here?"

Applejack replied, "Ya know what Rarity? I have been working my tail off all day, Ah'm hot, Ah'm hungry and Ah'm thirsty."

Rainbow interrupted, "Yeah Rarity, she has been working hard. She shouldn't have to 'wash' before she comes here just to suit you."

Pinkie got out with a few donuts and a pitcher of water and placed them in front of Applejack. Applejack said, "Thank you so much Pinkie. Ah really appreciate this."

Rarity asked, "Applejack, I don't know why you and your family don't just use your magic to levitate the apples off of the trees. You are all Alicorns after all. Why would you do it the old fashioned way anyway?"

Applejack glared at Rarity and replied, "We do it the old fashioned way because they taste a whole lot better. Ah don't know what it is but when you use magic to remove apples from the trees they just don't taste as good."

Rarity just shook her head when they heard screaming and panicking out in the streets. They looked outside and Rainbow asked, "What the hay is that? Why In Equestria is a green cloud drifting over Ponyville?"

Applejack replied, "Ah don't know what it is but it can't be good."

Over at the base there was more concern than panic as most everypony knew what the green cloud was. Captain Green Storm stood next to Colonel Black Mist, shook his head and said, "I knew this was going to happen. I just hope this fallout does not cause anypony to get deathly ill or die."

Before Black Mist could say anything the cloud drifted over the exact spot where Twilight and her minions were unmade. Five bright balls of light suddenly appeared. One was midnight blue, one was a pinkish white, one was solid white, one was white with a red tinge to it and one was purple. Ponies began to emerge from the balls. The first pony to emerge was King Cosmos from the midnight blue ball. Next was Queen Galaxia from the pinkish white ball, after that was Princess Celestia from the solid white ball and after that was LaurFa from the white ball with a reddish tinge to it. The purple ball began to shine brighter and two radioactive green dots formed in the center of it. It began to spin faster and faster. Finally the ball popped and down floated a larger purple Alicorn with radioactive green eyes. The Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle, after over 3,000 years of absence, had returned.

The five levitated to the ground and as soon as they landed, Twilight headed to Sugarcube Corner. She was hungry and knew that her old friends would probably be there. Applejack was getting ready to go check out what was going on when a purple Alicorn blocked her exit. The purple Alicorn shouted, "I, your Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle, have returned. Bow down before me!"

Everypony's jaws dropped open. The one they never expected to return had returned. Applejack asked, "Twilight, is that you?"

Twilight glared at her and growled, "You address me as DARK GODDESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE or die!"

Pinkie was trembling with fear. She knew that the Dark Goddess meant business. She asked, "D-Dark Go-Goddess Twi-Twilight Spa-Sparkle, wo-would y-you li-like som-something sw-sweet to e-eat?"

Twilight smiled and replied, "There is no need to be scared Pinkie, and yes I would like something sweet to eat."

Pinkie, even after so many millennia, remembered that Twilight liked donuts with extra sprinkles. Pinkie took the Dark Goddess three donuts covered in sprinkles which pleased her greatly.

She grabbed Pinkie, hugged her tightly and said, "Pinkie, even after so long, you still know what I like!"

"How could I forget what the Dark Goddess likes? She ordered it all the time!" replied Pinkie

Rarity asked, "So Dark Goddess Twilight, what are your plans now that you have returned? Are you going to banish us all to the void? Are you going to put everypony in chains?"

Twilight replied, "Rarity, don't start this crap already. You will find out soon enough. I am going to need you guys to follow me and my friends over to the base. I need to get us all back on the same page."

Rarity sneered, "So you are going to cast loyalty spells on everypony?"

Twilight replied, "Yes Rarity, you have a problem with that? If so, the void never runs out of room."

Rarity rolled her eyes and Twilight shouted, "OVER TO THE BASE, NOW!"

Twilight, her allies and her friends headed over to the base. When Twilight arrived at the base none of the soldiers knew who she was as they had never seen her before. Given that none of the soldiers had seen her before they figured that she must be an enemy. They began to fire energy at them. This sent Twilight into a rage. She fired a powerful beam into the center of the crowd, knocking all of them flying. She shouted, "YOU DO NOT FIRE ENERGY AT THE DARK GODDESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE."

The officers had heard Colgate talk about her and what a tyrant she was in the distant past. Colonel Black Mist asked, "Wait a minute, Supreme Commander Colgate has talked about you and how you were unmade long ago."

Twilight shouted, "Colgate is not your "supreme commander" anymore. You all bow to THE DARK GODDESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE!"

Black Mist shouted, "Never!"

Twilight had enough of this. She began to glow purple, her eyes were shining a radioactive green, her cutie mark was shining brightly and her horn was glowing as she recited, "From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate."

The power of her energy bolt was great. Rather than knocking forces backwards like they used to, they were absorbed into everypony's bodies, making the spell much more effective. After this everypony shouted, "All hail the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle, our one and only leader!"

Twilight was ecstatic, not only did she make Colgate's army loyal to her, she strengthened the loyalty of those who were unmade along with her and she made her old friends loyal to her again, except one. Applejack, who was standing along the edge of the crowd, managed to escape the energy beam. She did know that she would need to pretend to be loyal to Twilight. She thought to herself, "As soon as possible, Ah have to get my family off to Alicorn City and warn Colgate."

Twilight stood in front of her newly loyal forces and shouted, "Thank you everypony! Your loyalty will be rewarded."

Everypony began to cheer loudly in adoration of their new leader. Twilight was thrilled over this. She stood there, smiled and waved. She then sped off to Colgate's black tower, flew to the balcony and went into Colgate's bedroom. When she got there she saw the one thing that made her the happiest, what used to be her bed. She plopped down on the bed and said, "Oh it's just as comfy as it was the first time I laid on it! I'm so happy!"

Twilight's friends flew up to her bedroom and saw her sprawled out on her bed. Rarity asked, "Twilight, I know you are happy but don't you think you should be careful? You are laying on Colgate's bed after all."

Twilight sat up, her eyes were shining green and she shouted, "THIS IS MY BED NOW! What I do is my own business!"

Applejack asked, "Dark Goddess, don't you think you should be careful? Colgate is extremely powerful."

Twilight replied, "What nopony knows is that with me reforming my powers are hundreds of times more powerful than they ever were before. Nopony could ever defeat me!"

Applejack sighed but knew better than to question her new leader. She replied, "Well alright Twilight, I'm happy to hear it. You know what is best for us all."

Twilight smiled and said, "Well everypony, I think we need to get the officers who are here, you four and those who were also unmade into a meeting. I really need to get caught up on everything." She paused a minute and asked, "Where is Fluttershy?"

Applejack replied, "Well when Colgate left for Neigh Zealand to go nuke it Fluttershy was the only one willing to go with her. Ah want to warn you, Fluttershy has become incredibly bloodthirsty."

Twilight looked shocked. She asked, "Nuked? What does that even mean? I've never heard of it before."

Rainbow replied, "Well for years Colgate was gathering this stuff called uranium out of the hills, which, when the atoms of it are split, it causes a lot of death and causes horrible effects on the area where the atoms are split."

Twilight smiled and asked, "Wait a minute? She found uranium and found a spell to split the atoms? I didn't even know uranium existed around here. Did she test this stuff anywhere in Equestria?"

Pinkie replied, "Yes, she tested it here in Equestria. Regarding the spell, she wrote it herself. I think she did it without any aid from materials in the library."

Applejack added, "She tested it in the arctic north. It must have tore a hole in the void or something because Chrysalis came down here not that long ago and somehow wooed some of the military to go north with her."

While Twilight realized that it was fallout from that explosion that allowed her to reform, she also knew that it was that explosion that tore open the void. She sighed, "Great, just great. Now I am going to have to defeat not just Colgate, but Chrysalis, Sombra along with everypony else who has ever been banished to the void."

Twilight told her friends to go down to the throne room while she headed to the base and rounded up the necessary personnel. She knew the world had changed a great amount but would be surprised when she learned about everything that changed.

Author's Note

Colgate's Nuke spell---- "The atoms must be split so I can send my enemies into a pit. The explosion shall be big so my enemies will squeal like a pig. The time has come to make my enemies numb. The big fire shall be great, it shall destroy all the hate."

Colgate's dark Alicorns

x- General Dark Night
Colonel Black Mist
x- Major Frigid Wind
Captain Black Ice
defected- Lieutenant Dark Crystal

Changelings

x- General Lightning Storm
defected-Colonel Green Toxin
x- Major Deadly Cloud
Captain Green Storm
Lieutenant Southern Haze

NOTE: Since the changelings and dark Alicorns that Colgate duplicated for Scootaloo to take to the Equine Empire, the officers will have the same names since duplicates are EXACT duplicates.

Lyra's Grand Prince
Grand Prince Silver Star (DEAD)

Lyra's dark Alicorns

General Black Rocks
Colonel Stone Gray
Major Rock Crusher
Captain Steel Seas
Lieutenant Gray Mist

Changelings

General Green Eyes
Colonel Blue Streak
Major Green Death
Captain Fly Wings
Lieutenant Black Haze

Lemon Hearts' Grand Prince
Crescent Moon (DEAD)

dark Alicorns

General Dark Skies
Colonel Steel Armor
Major Iron Blades
Captain Dark Mane
Lieutenant Black Lightning

changelings

General Green Skies
Colonel Stinging Ooze
Major Green Death
Captain Burning Haze
Lieutenant Green Cloud

Luna's dark Alicorns

General Black Night
Colonel Dark Rocks
Major Black Seas
Captain Gravel Crusher
Lieutenant Night Sky

Changelings
General Green Waters
Colonel Choking Mist
Major Dim Sun
Captain Dark Rage
Lieutenant Steel Wrath

Brevity's officers
General Green Star
Colonel Stargazer
Lt. Colonel Moonrise
Major Starry Skies
Captain Moonlight
Lieutenant Soaring Skies

Invisibility----"Whether it be one or a bunch of ones, nopony needs to see so that we don't have to flee, invisibility is the treat of not having to retreat."

Visibility---"The unseen shall now be seen, with their friends being present, hiding only shows resent, those who have disappeared shall now appear."

Duplication---"From one to two, two to four and so much more, when one is simple mere, more and more shall appear."

Banish to void--- "You have committed treason and that is not in season, you are a threat to me and I simply can not let that be, I can no longer be annoyed so you shall be cast into the void."

Loyalty spell---"From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate."

Giving drones a mind of their own---"those without a mind are in a bind, no longer shall they just be, but they will still be loyal to me, for officers they are now but they don't ask how."

Unbanish---"The one who has been banished has done their time, they are now forgiven for their crime, their time has come, now they need to contribute some, it is Equestria that they must serve or into the spiral of the void they shall curve."

Transform unicorn to Alicorn--- "The unicorn who has no wings is bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these wings they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate."

Transform multiple unicorns to Alicorns--- "The unicorns who have no wings are bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these wings they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate."

Transform Pegasus to Alicorn---"The one who can fly likes to fly free desires the powers that allow the unicorn to be, he/she wishes so much to levitate and create, rather than berate, for the winged one now has magic, without that it would be tragic."

Transform Earth Pony to Alicorn---"The pony without magic or flight is in a bind, for they feel like they have fallen behind, they work themselves to death, even to their very last breath, for now with magic and wings, great things shall be what life brings."

Increase size of pony---"The small one wishes they were tall so that they won't have to crawl, with height their future is bright and everything will be alright, for the small one is small no more, with height their happiness shall be galore."

Mature pony--"The innocent pony is unsure of who she wants to be, that may be cute but it is not what is good for me, she needs to mature if she is to be strong for without maturity she won't last for long, the naive one shall be so no more, for her maturity will carry her into lore."

Strengthen Armor---"The one without armor does not stand a chance, so it is what we must enhance, the unarmed one will likely receive death, with armor he shall continue to draw breath, without armor he will be torn to shreds like a rag but with armor victory is in the bag."

Activate Jade Alicorn---"The jade Alicorn will help me see all, without it I might miss a brawl, while the distances are great, I can see all the hate, wisdom is what comes along with the eye so that overthrowing me nopony will try."

Hurricane spell--- "The nice weather must come to an end, for without a storm the enemy will not bend, the wind shall be strong and my enemies won't last for long, a hurricane is a must so the tyrants will sink and go bust."

Fixing spell--- "The city was devastated by a storm, which is not the norm, their suffering is great yet we can not allow normalcy to be late, the city must be restored to the way it was before so they can pay taxes like they did before.

COLGATE'S SPELLS

Unlock---"The door is locked, but from me my information is blocked, a lot of learning I have to do, but with this locked I won't have a clue, now the door is open for me and infinite knowledge for me shall now be."

Lock---"Right now the door is not locked, from others the information is not blocked, the others must not be allowed to learn, for this is not theirs to earn, the door is now closed for all but me because infinite knowledge is not free."

Shatter Armor---"Our foes' armor is great, that is something I hate, with their armor they are strong, but them having armor is just plain wrong, now their armor is gone and it is time for them to say bye as they are struck by energy and die."

Return Blue sky---"The sky is purple which is ok for some, but it just makes me numb, for I miss the way it used to be, blue is beautiful to me, the normal sky shall be back and everything will return on track."

Drain pony---"The large pony is too big for me, for smaller the pony shall be, the size and knowledge will become mine, but the negative qualities is where I draw the line, for what must grow is my power, so that I may remain in the tower."

Change eye blue---"The green eye is not for me, for blue is what it shall be, the evil shall be banished as the good can not vanish, what shall return will be an eye of blue as it is the perfect hue."

Freeze time---"Tick tock, tick tock, look at the racing clock, what is short is time and being late is a crime, we must finish on top so it is time I must stop, with time froze, it is my enemies I shall bulldoze."

Unfreeze time---"Look at the clock, it is stuck in place, with this there can be no pace, everything is still but that does not fit the bill, for now the clock shall again run so everypony can have fun."

Time bubble---"A bubble is what we need, so from frozen time we can be freed, in this bubble we can move fast, while everything else is stuck in the past, it is frozen time which through we must pass so we will never be late to class."

Undo time bubble---"In the bubble time continues to run, but now the time outside runs and allows fun, the bubble must burst so we can quench our thirst, from the bubble we are now free and everything we can clearly see."

Release Brevity Thrash--- "She was banished long ago, but her power she will not forego, it is revenge she wants, it is her sister she shall taunt, for Brevity Thrash shall return once more and be more than just long lost lore."

PINKIE'S SPELL

"The changeling's power is good, but not great, they can fire ooze but not enough to make their foes lose, for them to be great, they must fire bolts of hate, the energy shall be strong so their enemies won't last for long."

Twilight's Meeting

Twilight had returned with her old higher-ups, she had brainwashed her old friends and Colgate's army. Now the time had come to get on the same page with them. Everypony Twilight wanted in the throne room for her first meeting in over 3,000 years had arrived. She stood before them, and in all her glory she started, "Well everypony, it is so wonderful to be back and to be the DARK GODDESS that I have always supposed to be."

Captain Black Ice, Colgate's old dark Alicorn captain said, "Your Majesty, I think there is much you need to know. The world has changed a lot since you were unmade."

Twilight smiled and replied, "I had a feeling that had happened. Oh, and since you are all part of my extended family, just call me Twily. Just like it was long ago, I would prefer that over the rigid traditions of the ancient past." She paused and then continued, "Chances are that none of the officers that are here were around the last time when I was in power."

The officers replied in unison, "Nope. None of us were around way back then."

Twilight asked, "Well then, could you all introduce yourselves or could one of you at least introduce all of you to me?"

Colonel Black Mist, the highest ranking officer remaining replied, "Well I am Colonel Black Mist." He pointed to the dark Alicorn to his right and said, "This is Captain Black Ice." He then walked over to the changelings and said, "These two are Captain Green Storm and Lieutenant Southern Haze."

Twilight was not thrilled. She growled, "This is it? This is all the officers that are here?"

Black Mist replied, "I'm sorry Twilight but the generals and majors went to war with Colgate, our changeling colonel defected and went north with Chrysalis as did our dark Alicorn lieutenant."

Twilight sighed, "Well at least I know spells to give regular soldiers enough self-awareness to make officers out of them. I just never imagined that so few officers would be here holding down the fort." Twilight stopped for a minute and then asked, "Is there anypony here who could tell me what all has happened in this world since I was unmade?"

Applejack replied, "Yes, Ah can tell you. Well, around 500 years ago is when things began to change. You remember how it used to be that nations produced all of their own goods and that nopony relied on imported products?"

Twilight said, "Yes, I do."

Applejack continued, "Well, all of a sudden international trade starts and after a while it really begins to separate the wealth of some nations. The nations which produced higher value products began to become much wealthier while the nations that produced products of lower value began to get poorer and poorer."

Twilight replied, "Oh and let me guess, Lyra, who was so against my tribute laws, was mad because Neigh Zealand produced primarily wool?"

Applejack continued, "Yes, she was extremely angry. She grew to hate Equestria, the Equine Empire and Alicorn Island because they all produced items of very high value."

Twilight asked, "And I am assuming this caused her to want to destroy the wealthier nations?"

Applejack replied, Yes, it did. Eventually the international summits got less harmonious and from what Colgate told us, during the last one Lyra and Lemon Hearts stormed out, forged their own alliance, modernized their militaries and waged war on Equestria and the Equine Empire."

Twilight sighed and said, "Well it doesn't surprise me with Lyra. She always did seem to be the one who wanted things that would aid Neigh Zealand, not caring what it would do to the rest of the world. I'm not surprised by her being able to brainwash Lemon Hearts though."

Applejack asked, "Why do you say that?"

Twilight continued, "Well back when the world's stewards voted to pass the tribute measure, initially she seemed opposed to it but I was easily able to convince her that it was needed. Lyra was and probably still is more powerful than her so I am assuming it was easy to get her on her side." Twilight paused and asked, "So what else has changed in this world?"

Applejack replied, "Well there have been many officers that have come and gone but General Dark Night has been a constant. He went with Colgate out to war."

Twilight said, "I remember him as a very loyal and competent general to all those who he served. I am wondering if I might be able to get him back on my side."

Captain Black Ice replied, "Well you can try but Colgate has an iron clad loyalty spell placed upon him, not to mention that he has hated you for a very long time."

Twilight laughed, "Oh a loyalty spell will fix that! I'm not worried." She then asked, "Speaking of loyal members of the military, are there any other soldiers in the nation or are these all the soldiers in the country?"

Applejack replied, "Actually Colgate has numerous bases throughout the country which means there are many, many soldiers who are extremely loyal to Colgate and that needs to be fixed."

Twilight looked at her four friends and asked, "Hey, do you four think you could travel out to these bases and tell them that Colgate wants them to return to Ponyville?"

Pinkie asked in return, "What if they ask us why?"

Twilight replied, "Tell them that they are needed for an important meeting. It will be very important, so while you will be lying about who wants them here, you won't be lying about it being an important meeting."

Pinkie said, "Okie Dokie!"

Rarity asked, "So when do you want us to go round all these troops up?"

Twilight replied, "I want you to head out tomorrow morning after breakfast. Besides, if Chrysalis and Sombra were to invade Equestria, they would come for Ponyville first. If it is well fortified, we can wipe them out and then be ready for Colgate when she and her minions return." Twilight looked towards the dining hall and asked, "What do you say we end this meeting and go have something more substantial than donuts?"

Applejack replied, "Ah tell you Twilight, Ah'm so hungry! Sounds good to me."

LaurFa added, "I haven't even got to eat yet. Some steak like you used to serve sounds so good!"

Twilight and all those loyal to her followed her into the dining hall. When they arrived the chef who came out to ask what they wanted for their meal was shocked by who was there. He had no clue who Twilight and the others who were unmade so long ago were. He figured that they were probably friends of Colgate's so he went ahead and prepared a massive feast for everypony anyway. He had no clue that he was feeding the enemy.