Colgate's Practice 4: Blood, Torture and Power

Colgate levitated Pearly and flew out of the caves towards the Everfree Forest without being noticed. While spending time in the caves did not bother Colgate any, Pearly was quite unnerved by them. Once they got to the Everfree Forest they quickly headed down under the forest's canopy in the event that Luna was out flying around. Once they reached the lake they jumped in and began to wash themselves off.

"Brrrr....this water is cold" said Pearly

Colgate, who can tolerate cold water much more easily replied, "Oh it ain't that bad. It beats scalding hot water any day."

Pearly nodded and once they finished cleaning themselves, they headed towards the castle. As they entered a chunk of ceiling fell and nearly hit Pearly. "Colgate, are you sure this place is safe?"

Colgate replied, "Pearly, I have been in this place before and it hasn't caved in on me yet."

Colgate led the two into the library and began to look through the various sections and began to become frustrated when she couldn't find what she was looking for so she flew up to the top shelves. She continued to scan the books but much to her dismay, she simply couldn't find what she was looking for. Finally she heard a voice say, "Colgate, come check this chamber out. There might be something in there."

Colgate flew down and the two headed into the chamber where Twilight found Luna and Celestia's old journal. Colgate could tell that this was something special simply by looking at the books. She again began to look through them and before too long she found a rather thin one titled, "Life Force Spells."

She shouted, "I think I've found it!"

She levitated the book to herself and began to flip through the pages. At first the only ones she was finding were ones regarding transferring one's own energy to save another pony's life until she reached the final page. She found one final page with just one spell on draining one's energy and taking it for their own. She read it,

"This pony is full of life
Yet this pony has caused a lot of strife
The energy she has makes her strong
But that can not last for long
From her to me the energy must flow
And with this my power shall grow
Now the energy shall be mine
And all will be certainly fine."

Pearly asked, "Do you think it will work?"

Colgate replied, "I certainly hope so. Now I must focus on this to see exactly what kind of energy must be used to do this."

She stared intently at the book and her eyes began to shine white. In her mind she saw images of Celestia and Luna drawing out the life of the dark warlords in the ancient past. She noticed that the color of their auras were somewhat darker than what they normally were. She returned to normal and continued, "Well Pearly, I'm going to have to use a slightly darker version of what kind of magic I would normally use."

Pearly asked, "Colgate, I saw your eyes shine white and you seemed to go into a trance. What was that about?"

Colgate replied, "I had to focus on the book to see what kind of energy I will need to use to do this and now I know."

Pearly asked, "So what do we do now?"

Colgate replied, "We wait to leave this place until tomorrow night. We will then return to Canterlot where you will board the night train for Ponyville and I will hide out in Luna's sleeping chambers until she returns in the morning and falls asleep."

Pearly gasped, "So you're going to do this one solo? Won't this be the hardest one?"

Colgate sighed, "Pearly, this will likely be the toughest one but with all the disappearances, I guarantee you there will be many more guards than normal. It would be much easier if there is only one of us sneaking in than it would be for two of us."

Pearly asked, "How will you even get in if that is the case?"

Colgate replied, "I have been in Luna's chambers before. I know what corner of the castle it is located in and I know what the window looks like. Getting in will be easy, hiding under her bed will be easy, draining her life force shouldn't be too much of a problem but getting out unnoticed in broad daylight won't be so easy."

Pearly sighed, "Well alright, you're the one in charge so your plan is what we'll work with."

The two remained in the castle until not that night, but the following night and then decided to go. Colgate said, "Pearly, we will walk until we reach the edge of the forest and then I will have to levitate you to Canterlot. I just hope that Luna isn't flying in the area or our whole plan will go up in flames."

Pearly nodded and once they reached the edge of the forest, they took off for Canterlot. Upon arriving, the streets were deserted so Colgate was easily able to set Pearly down without being noticed. She said, "Alright Pearly, when you get back to Ponyville it should still be dark. Head to the castle and wait for me to return. Don't go outside, don't do anything that would let anypony think somepony is home, alright?"

Pearly replied, "Alright."

Colgate pointed her wing towards the train station and continued, "Ok, now go. I need to go find Luna's chambers and wait for her."

Pearly headed to the train station while Luna began to fly over the palace. Just as she expected, the number of guards patrolling the premises was several times the number that were normally present. She flew around to the back side of the castle, the side facing the mountainside and began to search for the right entrance. Soon she found a window with a crescent moon on it.

She whispered, "Jackpot! Now I go in and wait for her. It won't be long until I shall be Queen Colgate and my dream can begin to be fulfilled!"

She unlocked the window and crawled in. It felt kind of odd to be sneaking into the queen's sleeping chambers but to her it was a good kind of odd. She immediately crawled under Luna's bed and waited for her return. So many thoughts were running through her mind at this point. While a few were of how good Luna had been to her, most were of the screams and cries from the disobedient ponies she would soon be able to punish for breaking her laws.

Several hours had passed and Colgate noticed that dawn had arrived. She knew that before heading up to get her rest that Luna would likely have a good sized breakfast. The wait seemed to be excruciatingly long for her but finally she heard hoof steps approaching the room and saw the door open from under the bed. Colgate crawled as far under the bed as she could to avoid detection.

Luna yawned to herself, "Ugh, why must there be so many manticores harassing the populous some nights? Dealing with them makes us most tired."

Luna laid down and it was not long until she fell asleep. Despite being a dentist, Colgate also knew some about a pony's sleep patterns. She knew that she could not get up right away. She knew that she would have to wait an hour or so until Luna had fallen into a deep sleep.

Once Colgate figured that an hour had passed, she quietly crawled out from the bed and stood over the slumbering queen. While Colgate did have an extreme desire to wipe her out and start creating her cavity free utopia, one small part of her almost wanted to abandon this. One small part of her simply wanted to go into hiding, seek exile in some other land or even admit her wrongs to Luna and beg for mercy. The more she thought about how unpleasant those situations would be though, the more her desire to finish this became.

She stepped forward and reluctantly, she lit up her horn and thought to herself, "I'm sorry Luna, but I have to fulfill my dreams."

She leaned over to where the tip of her horn was touching the tip of Luna's. She whispered,

"This pony is full of life
Yet this pony has caused a lot of strife
The energy she has makes her strong
But that can not last for long
From her to me the energy must flow
And with this my power shall grow
Now the energy shall be mine
And all will be certainly fine."

As soon as she said this the energy transfer began. During the transfer though, Luna woke up. Luna saw her and asked, "Colgate, what art thou doing in our chambers?"

Colgate replied, "Queen Luna, I must admit some crimes to you."

As the transfer continued Luna began to feel weaker. She asked, "Crimes? What crimes hast thou committed?"

Colgate replied, "Queen Luna, here lately patients have been coming in with cavities and one in particular had extremely bad teeth. I decided that I could not allow that to happen anymore so I tortured and killed her."

Luna tried to sit up. She yelled, "Thou didst what? Dost thou not know what the punishment for that is?"

Colgate tried to replied but Luna interrupted, "Colgate, for this we must execute thee. Thou hast broken thy promise to us!" She tried to raise her voice and continued, "Colgate, thou makes us sick. Thou hast violated our trust. We thought thou had changed but thou art still the same evil, bloodthirsty pony thou hast always been!"

When Luna referred to Colgate as evil, she became very angry so she began to put more power into the transfer. She laughed, "You know what Luna, Cheerilee ain't the only one I killed. Shining Armor, Fancy Pants, Fleur de Lis and Prince Blueblood are dead as well."

Luna knew about the order of ponies in line for the throne and immediately realized what was going on. She asked, "Colgate, thou art going to take over the government, aren't thou?"

Colgate smacked her and continued, "Yes, this must be done. Cavities, bad oral hygiene and sugary treats are a cancer to Equestria and will lead to it's downfall. I am the only pony who wishes to eradicate this cancer and save this country so this must be done."

Luna began to cry, "But Colgate, we hast been so good to thee. When we were going to banish thee to the sun we changed our mind. We know thou wishes for Equestria to be free of dental problems but please reconsider. We will even allow thee to torture ponies again and kill bakers."

Colgate sighed, "You know Luna, I wish I could believe you but I don't. You're as much as a goody-horseshoes as my wife is. You're soft on those who are a threat to this country and we can not have a softy in power anymore. We need a pony who will rule with an iron hoof if necessary and I'm the only one with the guts to do it."

Luna tried to reach up to grab Colgate but fell backwards. Colgate's aura began to glow brighter and brighter as the final life was being drained from Luna. In a couple more minutes the transfer ended and Luna's body fell limp. Colgate leaned down to listen for a pulse but none was to be found. She turned Luna onto her stomach, buried her face in her pillows and then headed out the window.

Once she flew out she headed north towards the forest before she would then circle south towards Ponyville. Her very first thoughts were of painting the soil red with the blood of those who do not care about their teeth and those who seek to destroy the teeth of others. While an extremely small part of her was sad that she had to take Luna out of the picture, the rest of her knew that if Luna had not been wiped out, that her dreams could never be realized and the cancer of poor oral hygiene would continue to plague Equestria.