Colgate's Practice 2: A Royal Problem

While Colgate and her friends were holding Twilight captive in the bunker Luna and Cadence were sitting down to lunch in Canterlot. Cadence had not been to Canterlot since Celestia's disappearance and noticed that the only guards around were Luna's royal guard. Cadence asked, "Luna, what happened to the old royal guard. Why are the only ones I see bat ponies?"

Luna replied, "After Celestia went missing and was eventually presumed dead, the Celestial Royal Guard simply quit. They said that they could not bring themselves to serve us. They said that we liked bat ponies more, which is true because they resemble us more and are ponies of the night, like we are."

Luna suddenly felt something, she felt negative energy radiating from the south. Cadence saw the change in Luna's facial expression and asked, "Luna, is everything ok?"

Luna replied, "No, we must go, NOW! Something very bad is happening in the badlands between Appaloosa and Dodge Junction."

Cadence asked, "What the hay could be happening there? Isn't it uninhabited desert?"

Luna shouted, "That doesn't mean something bad can't be happening there. Come on, follow me, NOW!"

Luna and Cadence sped off towards the south. While Cadence can't pick up on things the way Luna can, as they headed south she began to realize that whatever was going on was coming from an area that almost nopony had heard of. Cadence asked, "Luna, you don't think that this could be coming from some sort of secret underground bunker do you?"

Luna scoffed, "Secret underground bunker? My sister and I destroyed all of those after we overthrew the dark warlords a long time ago so that would be impossible."

While they continued their flight south Colgate had resumed her game of survival with Twilight. Twilight asked, "So Colgate, what kind of stupid questions are you going to ask me now? I'm surprised you don't ask me stupid questions about your life or the life of your minion here."

Colgate shouted, "Alright Amethyst, let's make her suffer for her disrespect!"

Amethyst pulled a switch that caused her front legs to be stretched out further and further. The pain had become so severe that Twilight began to scream in pain. Colgate ordered them to stop right before her legs would be ripped out of their sockets.

Colgate growled, "Perhaps that will teach you to respect us. Disrespect us again and you will endure pain far worse than anything we have done yet!"

Twilight shouted, "I still know Luna will kill you for doing this! She can pick up on negative energy and will rescue me before you two can kill me!"

Colgate laughed, "Well she sure never came to save Celestia. For all you know she may see me as the one who could help her become queen someday!"

Twilight continued to struggle and scream as the pressure on her legs intensified. Colgate saw this and asked, "Alright Twily, do you know how the sun and moon moved before Celestia and Luna conquered this land and took control of them?"

Twilight replied, "They moved on their own you idiot! And before you ask, the weather took care of itself too! Ha ha moron, I got it right!"

Colgate sneered, "You did but because of your disrespect and name calling, it counts as a wrong answer!"

Colgate stepped on a stone that caused the floor to open up underneath Twilight, exposing a pool of acid. Colgate released her legs from the chair but began to turn a crank that lifted her out of the chair to where she was hanging from the ceiling. She then threw the switch that lowered her towards the acid. Twilight was screaming, begging Colgate to stop it. Colgate stopped her descent right as she had been lowered to the point where she was less than an inch from making contact with the acid. Twilight was squirming more and more by this point. Colgate laughed, "You know Twily, you might want to stop squirming. You may cause those chains to loosen a bit and cause you to take your final bath!"

Twilight began to cry and stopped squirming. She cried, "I still don't get why you're doing this. Bad teeth and taking steroids are not a rational reason to torture somepony and kill them!"

Colgate glared at the princess and sneered, "Want to know the real reason Twilight Sparkle? Fine, here it is! Ever since you have come to Ponyville you have always thought of yourself as better than the rest of us. I remember when you first came here, you were the biggest bitch I had ever seen in my life! Yes you eventually made friends but I see how you look at some of the ponies in town. I see how you look down your nose at Derpy because she isn't perfect."

Twilight interrupted, "Well she did cause things to fall on me when I was stalking Pinkie Pie. She deserves to be looked down upon."

Colgate ordered, "Alright Amethyst, let's make this bitch endure even more pain. Ponies like her must suffer."

Before Twilight could say anything Colgate levitated some chains and began to brutally beat Twilight with them. She was screaming so loud that Amethyst put her hooves over her ears. Colgate continued, "Good grief Twilight, would you shut up already? Now where was I? Oh yes, and I see how you look down upon Berry Punch. Just because she was born with a condition that makes her facial expression different does not give you the right to look down upon her. And you know what really makes me mad princess? Ever since you got that fancy ass castle you sit up there, distance yourself from nearly everypony else except your friends and think you are the best thing in the world. Hell, you even take steroids just so you can beat Rainbow Dash in races! You have brought this upon yourself Twily!"

While Colgate continued to yell at Twilight, Luna and Cadence continued to fly over the badlands. Luna saw something at the bottom of a cliff. She shouted, "Follow me!"

The two flew to the bottom of the cliff and saw what appeared to be a crack in the rock formation, but it looked too smooth to be any kind of crack. She looked closer and noticed that a rock had blocked what appeared to prevent a door from closing. Luna slid the door open enough that they could walk in and then kicked the rock out of the way, believing that with the door shut entirely she could handle whoever was causing problems.

Once they were inside Luna said, "Cadence, be careful. Places like this can be dangerous. Be careful not to touch the walls and be careful of where you step. One wrong move could be fatal."

Cadence nodded and followed Luna as they continued their journey through the maze. Cadence's leg began to itch so she lifted her other leg up to scratch it. When she did this, she accidentally fell into the wall. Before she could do anything, she let out a loud scream as a large ax swung down and cut her in half. Luna turned around and watched in horror as the ax cut her in half and then swung back up into the ceiling. She went back to the princess's remains and cried a bit. She said to herself, "Whoever led us here is responsible for her death and they will pay!"

After mourning for a few minutes Luna continued her journey, which seemed to take forever to her. Finally after three hours of wandering back and forth in the maze she finally sees a green light coming in from the left at what appeared to be the end of the maze. What she would see when she peered into the innermost room would not only shock her, but would anger her greatly.