Colgate's Practice 4: Blood, Torture and Power

Midday had arrived and Colgate woke up. She yawned and stretched her legs before she headed downstairs. As she was headed down she laughed, "Well I guess this town is going to need a new teacher, one who will teach the foals about proper oral hygiene!"

Once she got downstairs she found Pearly waiting for her in the dining hall. He asked, "So Colgate, how did you sleep last night?"

Colgate replied, "Good but there is something that we must discuss now that we have taken out Cheerilee."

Pearly asked, "What?"

Colgate began, "As you know, Luna threatened us with execution if we ever tortured or killed another pony. Since we have done this, we must make sure that does not happen."

Pearly asked, "And how are we....." He suddenly realized what was running through her mind. He continued, "do you mean we have to kill Luna?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, and every other pony in the royal family. The only way to do this is to overthrow the government in a bloody coup."

Pearly was in a state of shock. While he knew that Colgate had returned to her bloodthirsty ways, he never imagined she would put the pony that put her in the position she was in on her hit list. He asked, "Are you going to KILL Queen Luna?"

Colgate snapped, "Weren't you listening? We have to kill every royal pony still remaining." They headed outside and cast their gaze towards Canterlot. She continued, "We must kill Prince Blueblood, we must kill Luna and we must find a way to the Crystal Empire and kill Shining Armor too."

Pearly asked, "What about the others, are there any other royal ponies that might be in line to the throne if the ones ahead of them fall?"

Colgate replied, "I'm not sure. We'll have to do some research and if there are, we'll have to take them out as well."

As they were talking they saw a dark blue figure approaching from the west. When they saw it was Queen Luna they immediately became quiet. Luna landed in front of them and asked, "Colgate, Pearly, how art thou doing?"

Colgate replied, "I am doing alright your Majesty."

Pearly added, "As am I."

Luna looked around and asked, "Colgate, where art Amethyst? Is she alright?"

Colgate replied, "She left yesterday afternoon with her parents on a vacation to Saddle Arabia."

Luna remembered how Colgate had lied about Amethyst's condition in the past and was a bit suspicious. She stared right into Colgate's eyes and asked, "Colgate, where is Amethyst?"

Given that she had nothing to hide, she repeated herself and upon realizing that Colgate was indeed telling the truth she pulled back and continued, "Alright. As thou most likely knows now we are here to drop in and check on things." She pointed her hoof towards town and continued, "Take us to thy practice. We wish to inspect it to make sure that thou art not doing anything illegal."

Colgate led Luna to her practice and once they arrived, Luna began to inspect things. While she found clean equipment and nothing out of the ordinary for the most part, she did notice some horn punctures in the wall. She asked, "Colgate, what are these? Why are there horn punctures in thy wall?"

Colgate replied, "Well earlier in the week a patient showed up with seven cavities and two rotted teeth. As you know, I find it frustrating when ponies let their teeth get in that bad of shape. I just had to vent a little."

Luna sighed, "Well thou merely damaging thy wall is preferable to thou torturing other ponies." She headed towards the exit and continued, "Now we wish to inspect thy castle to make sure thou hast not committed any torture or other crimes in there."

Colgate replied, "Yes your Majesty."

As they headed to the castle Luna was feeling confident that she would likely find nothing out of the ordinary and Colgate, given that she had done everything possible to wipe out any evidence of what they did last night, was confident that Luna would not find anything.

Once they arrived at the castle Luna ordered, "Colgate, take us to thy basement."

Colgate did as ordered and Luna lit up her horn to provide some light. She looked around and noticed that like always, there was absolutely nothing down there. Like she always does, she sniffed the floor yet nothing abnormal was to be found. She headed upstairs and asked, "Colgate, may we inspect the rest of thy castle?"

Colgate replied, "Of course."

Luna went from room to room and found nothing. Once she finished she said, "We are most sorry for the inconvenience Dear Colgate, but thou knows that we do drop by from time to time to make sure thou hast not returned to thy old ways."

Colgate replied, "Your Majesty, I know you said you would drop in unexpectedly from time to time but don't worry, my blood lust is gone."

Luna gave her a smile and continued, "For quite some time we did not believe thee but given that it hast been three years since thy last incident, we believe you."

Luna headed towards the door but Colgate stopped her, "Your Majesty, would you want to have some lunch with us? I can have the chefs fix up something you'll love."

Luna replied, "That is quite alright. We had a late breakfast and we are not hungry right now."

Colgate said, "Alright, I just thought I would offer."

Luna nodded and took off for Canterlot. Once she was well out of earshot Colgate said, "Well Pearly, that went well."

Pearly asked, "Do you think she suspected anything?"

Colgate replied, "Nope. Not a single thing. This was just as mundane and ordinary as every other time she has come by." Her facial expression became more determined as she continued, "Now back to where we were, we must wipe out all the royal ponies and anypony else that would be ahead of me in line for the throne."

Pearly asked, "But Colgate, how are you going to do this? Amethyst will be back in six days and you know she would not only leave you over this but also snitch on you as well."

Colgate sighed, "That is true. To do this, I will do a bit of research and then the next five days will be basically non-stop travel, torture and murder. If we can finish this before she returns, she won't know for sure that we are responsible for all the disappearances!"

Pearly asked, "Colgate, I'm not sure if she would believe that you wouldn't have anything to do with so many deaths and disappearances under mysterious circumstances. What if she were to accuse you?"

Colgate replied, "Well, despite me loving her, she would need to be taken out."

Pearly gasped, "Seriously? You would kill the love of your life just so you could take over Equestria?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, I would. Ever since I graduated from the dental academy I have dreamed of an Equestria free of dental problems and free of sugary treats. If I can wipe out anypony that stands in my way, I can achieve that. To me, that would be the ultimate victory."

Pearly got a nervous look on his face realizing that Colgate was not joking. While he had always been loyal to her, he now knew that his boss would stop at nothing to achieve her dream. Despite being a soldier, he could tell that Colgate had absolutely no regard for anypony's life if they got in her way. Colgate saw his nervous look and continued, "Pearly, what is wrong? You act like you saw a ghost."

Pearly replied, "Well I'm just nervous about what will happen if we get caught once we go after the higher level targets."

Colgate sighed, "We'll be fine. Remember Pearly, I have always thought three or four steps ahead of everypony else so everything will be fine." She headed towards her office and continued, "Ok, let's do some research. I need to know who must be wiped out other than just Luna."