The Coltland Chronicles

Colette's Nightmare

"My second demand is that I need a lovely mare to keep me company!" Everypony gasped in horror and there was some whispering going on. The jet black pony's bright green eyes were looking straight at Colette and she felt herself tightening in the chest and she felt like the world was spinning around her. She then fell to the ground and the herd of friends gasped in horror and Sven lifted Colette by one of his front legs and looked at her in worry. He shook her a little and she only mumbled something that he didn't understand.

"Now you better have these demands done in a week or you'll see what I'll do if you don't."

The jet black pony then left with his guards and everypony stood there in shock and horror.

Sven then lifted Colette with his magic and put her on his back. Magnus then used his magic to keep her there. Two demands?! How the hay were they going to get those two done in a week? Both were difficult to do! The queen had been in charge of Coltland for almost a year and she wasn't with a stallion and there was no way she would surrender to this evil pony like a coward. She was an alicorn with a lot of power in her magic. A mare to keep him company? Did he mean as in marriage or was it just to keep him company while he was getting his evil plan ready? Magnus noticed that the jet black pony was staring right at Colette. She was not even at the age that she should be getting married! Magnus cared about her very much and he wasn't going to let somepony marry her before she would turn eighteen. It was just wrong, it was alright in other certain countries but not here in Coltland.

Colleen was checking on her grapevine where she lived and sorted out her green grapes into one basket so she could sell them and sorted out the red grapes into another one so that she could make her famous grape juice with them.

“Hey, Cole!" Valentina's voice was heard and Colleen saw her galloping with Svetlana by her side.

"What are you two doing here? Shouldn't you be doing your jobs at the moment?" Colleen asked as she poured the red grapes into a machine that made the grape juice. She then put the basket on a counter in the kitchen.

"I'm too afraid to even have a karaoke party go on in my bakery." Valentina said giving a scared look.

"I'm too scared to even sell some gems if only there were dragons around to give them to because dragons love to eat gems." Svetlana said with anger in her voice.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" a sinister voice was heard and Colleen widened her eyes in fear.

Valentina and Svetlana then turned around and they both gave angry looks.

"Why are you here?" Valentina said in a scared voice and she took a few steps back. The jet black pony gave a little laugh.

"Just doing an inspection of the country and I'm checking your grapevine first." he said with a smile.

"What are you going to inspect, how many grapes I have?" Colleen said in a sarcastic and angry voice and she laughed a little.

The jet black pony then lifted her by his magic and held her up high and it started to choke her. She gasped and tried to fight back but it didn't seem to work and the jet black pony gave a sinister smile.

"Let her go right now!" Svetlana said in anger and she was about to charge at the jet black pony until Valentina stopped her but she managed to get free and knocked the jet black pony to the ground.

Colleen was then falling to the ground until Valentina caught her with her magic. The jet black pony growled then hit Svetlana in the face and she fell to the ground. Valentina then came up to Svetlana and tried to wake her up.

"I'm actually here to tell you that you are to make grape pies from now and not grape juice." he said brushing some of the dust off his mane.

"Why in the hay should I do that?" Colleen said in anger.

The jet black pony summoned his guards and they pointed a lot of spears at her, she looked at them and him with bravery and anger on her face.

"If you don't, you will answer to what I did to that mare not so long ago when I asked for the two demands." the jet black pony replied then he summoned the guards to put the spears away and he and the guards walked away.

Svetlana then woke up and rubbed her eyes with one of her hooves.

"What... happened?" she asked in confusion and a little pain in her voice.

"That pony just knocked you out after you just stood up to Colleen after she almost died because of him." Valentina said with anger in her voice and she brushed the dust off Svetlana.

"What are we supposed to do about the two demands? The queen will never surrender to him and no mare wants to keep him company." Magnus said as he gritted his teeth and looked at Colette. She had her head down and she looked really sad.

"Can't we just do the demand where a mare has to keep him company but who will do it?" Jordan said as he tapped the floor a little with his hoof.

"There is no way I will allow Colette or anypony else go to that monster!" Sven said in anger and he almost wanted to smash something.

"Well, when it is a week's time, we will just have to prepare to fight him for Coltland!" Jordan said with confidence and Hugo gave him a hug. It was sweet how much the two got along!

That night, Colette was sleeping when she woke up in the forest and the sky was red, the trees had no leaves and looked dead and there were bats. She tried to swipe the bats away and used her magic to hit some of them. When she heard an evil laugh, she started to gallop and tried to scream for help but no sound came out. She was then lifted by something and she looked to see the jet black pony holding her, his bright green eyes staring into hers.

"You know you will never get away from me, Colette." he said with a sinister voice.

"No, no, let me go, I don't want you near me!" Colette squealed and tried to get out of his tight grip. He was about to kiss her when she woke up and looked around in fright. Her breathing was very fast and she tried to sleep again but she couldn't.

When morning came, Sven went up to Colette's room to wake her up with bed and breakfast. She always loved eggs in the morning and sometimes toast. He opened the door to find her not around which was strange because she would usually be either still sleeping or reading a book. He then saw a piece of paper on the ground and when he read what words were on the paper, he dropped the tray, the plates breaking along with the glass of orange juice. He ran to the others and they all looked at him in worry and surprise.

"Somepony's got Colette and I think I know who it is!" Sven said and everypony gathered round the dining table to hear what he had to say.