Colgate's Practice 4: Blood, Torture and Power

After finishing their talk they headed into Colgate's office where she fired up her computer. She was bound and determined to find out who all was ahead of her. It did not take her long to find the information she was looking for. She began to read the information, "Ok, the line of succession after Luna is Prince Shining Armor, Prince Blueblood, Fancy Pants and then me." When she saw Fancy Pants in there and ahead of her she went into a rage.

"What? Fancy Pants is ahead of me!" She slammed her hoof on her desk and yelled, "That bastard isn't even royalty! Hell, he isn't even part of the government! He's just some high class snob that is close with the royal family!"

Pearly suggested, "Colgate, calm down. Like you've been saying, we'll get things taken care of."

Colgate took in a big breath and calmed down, "Very true but now I am thinking we are going to have to take care of two ponies at once."

Pearly asked, "Who is that?"

Colgate replied, "Blueblood and Fancy Pants. They are both high society ponies and they both live in Canterlot so we shall acquire them and take them to a special place up there."

Pearly asked, "Where?"

Colgate began, "Ok, when I was up there for Cadence and Shining Armor's wedding, Chrysalis used her magic to send both Cadence and Twilight into the caves under the city. However, they had to have found an exit. We will use that exit as our entrance. We can haul them down there, torture them to death and nopony will even know where to look!"

Pearly suggested, "Perhaps we should acquire Luna at the same time."

Colgate replied, "Well that will be tough given that she is usually out on patrol at night. Perhaps when she returns before dawn we can acquire her then take her down there and finish the job!"

Pearly asked, "Colgate, Queen Luna is natural born Alicorn. How are you going to pull this off?"

Colgate laughed, "The same way I took care of Celestia. I will put a horn cap on her and wrap her in enchanted chains." She paused for a minute and continued, "Well that will be the case with all of our targets. Fancy Pants, Shining Armor and Blueblood are all unicorns and of course Luna is an Alicorn."

Pearly asked, "So when do you want us to round up what we need and get started?"

Colgate replied, "Tonight. They don't check your bags on the night trains and like I said, we don't have much time to do this."

Pearly sighed, "Alright, let's gather our stuff and prepare for our trip."

Colgate nodded and headed downstairs to retrieve what they needed. She began to sort through it, "Enchanted chains, check. Horn cap, check. Whip, check. Hoof saw, check. Knives, check. Drill, check. Body bag, check." While she knew that she would not need everything she listed, she grabbed them anyway in the event she wanted to have some fun with her victims.

That afternoon Colgate was doing some research. She had heard legends that when Sombra was in power, he had a chamber deep down in one of the towers, one that still exists. As she read through the more modern history of the crystal palace, she learned of how Twilight used a certain kind of dark magic to reveal the entry way to this chamber. She shouted, "Bingo! This is where we shall take Shining Armor!" She began to giggle, "Once he is sedated, this is going to be a piece of cake."

Evening had arrived in Ponyville and Colgate and Pearly had all the necessary equipment for this trip ready. Colgate knew that the train for the Crystal Empire would be leaving before too long. She yelled, "Pearly, come on or we're going to be late. We can't afford to push this back a day and you know how I feel about being late!"

Pearly replied, "I know, you hate being late."

Colgate simply nodded and the two headed towards the train station. While Pearly did his best to maintain a normal facial expression, he was very nervous on the inside. Considering they were marching into royal ponies' castles and going after them there, he was afraid of being caught. Colgate on the other hand, maintained a neutral facial expression but inside she was full of confidence, almost to the point of being cocky.

When they arrived at the train station and bought their tickets, the conductor was giving them strange looks but despite them carrying saddlebags full of stuff, he let them on without a second thought. During the train ride, despite their car being completely empty, they remained silent knowing full well that there could be a chance that somepony may walk in on any conversation that they might have.

When they arrived in The Crystal Empire they quickly exited the train and headed into the city. Luckily for them it was so late that nopony was even out and about. When they arrived at the castle they could find no clear entrance. Pearly asked, "Colgate, where is the entrance to this place? I'm not seeing one."

Colgate whispered, "When I was here for the Equestria Games I only noticed one but I have heard there are two." She pointed up at the balcony and said, "One is straight through that balcony and the other is in the stadium."

Pearly asked, "Which one are we going to use?"

Colgate levitated Pearly up to the balcony and much to their surprise they were able to just walk right on in. Now came the problem. Colgate had never even been inside the castle, much less know it's layout. She whispered, "Ok Pearly, we're just going to have to search this place for Shining Armor and then the throne room."

The two began to walk around and the first place they headed was the upper level. Colgate figured that no monarch in their right mind would sleep in the lower level of their castle. Much to their delight they were able to find the prince's sleeping chambers in only a half an hour. The two walked in and stood over him. Colgate grabbed a syringe of powerful sedatives and snickered, "Sweet dreams little prince."

She rammed the syringe in his neck, waking him up and causing him to scream, "Owww!" He looked up and saw Colgate and Pearly standing before him. He screamed, "Guards, hel........." Before he could finish his sentence Colgate used her magic to silence him.

She snapped, "It might not be in your best interests to go shouting for your guards like that."

He began to fire energy at them but with the sedatives taking effect, they were only weak. Colgate grabbed a horn cap and placed on him. She ordered, "Tell me where your throne room is and I just might let you live."

As they left his chambers he told them the directions to the throne room. Once they arrived, he fell completely asleep. Colgate could see the throne that she needed to fire the dark magic at. Her horn began to glow purple and green and green started to seep from her eyes as she fired her energy at the throne. Quickly a shadow grew from it, revealing the staircase down into the abyss.

Colgate levitated Shining Armor as they took him down. Once they reached the bottom they saw a door. Pearly asked, "Hmm...I wonder where this leads?"

He headed towards it and Colgate yelled, "No! Don't open that thing! Let's just focus on the task at hand."

While Colgate was waiting for her newest captive to come to, she wrapped him in enchanted chains just to make completely sure Shining wasn't going anywhere. When he came to he shook his head and asked, "Ugh, where am I."

Above him he saw a blue Alicorn and a white unicorn, both with their horns lit up. Colgate laughed, "You my captive, are in what shall be your final resting place."

He began to scream again so Colgate put a black crystal they found in his mouth. All he could do was let out muffled noises as Pearly added, "Listen, we can't have you making any noises. It would not be in our best interests."

Shining attempted to spit the crystal out but Pearly's magic would hold it in place. Colgate began to dig through her saddle bag and said, "Hmmm....where shall we start." She ordered, "Pearly, nopony can hear him down here anyway so release the crystal."

Pearly released the crystal and Shining began to call out for help again. Colgate slammed his head into the floor, giving him a concussion. All he could do was moan which made Colgate happier. She got out her drill, pried the prince's mouth open and laughed, "Now where shall we start!"

She used her X-ray spell to see if he had any cavities and he did indeed have one. She laughed, "Well Pearly, it looks like our little prince here doesn't take care of his teeth, and for that he must be punished!"

She turned on her drill and began to drill into the tooth with the cavity, causing Shining to cry out in agony. Pearly smacked him and yelled, "Would you just shut up!"

Colgate continued to drill all the way until she shattered his jaw. Blood was pouring out of the wound and gathering in the back of his throat, causing him to choke on it. She levitated him up, patted him on the back a few times until all the blood was cleared. She asked, "Better?"

The painful experience had made Shining a bit more coherent. Despite having a broken jaw he asked, "Why? Why are you doing this to me?"

Colgate smacked him and sneered, "Because you are in the way! You are in the way of me achieving my ultimate objective!"

Shining asked, "What objective?"

Colgate slammed her hoof down on his muzzle, breaking it. She yelled, "Taking Equestria for myself! Once I take you, Fancy Pants, Blueblood and Luna out of the picture, Equestria will be mine and I can finally create the cavity free utopia I have dreamed of for decades!"

He asked, 'It's you! You're the one who killed so many ponies so long ago!"

Colgate slugged him, knocking him back to the ground. She grabbed a needle and began to ram it into the hole she had drilled. He was screaming in agony as she rammed the needle into him. Eventually he wound up kicking Colgate, which did not sit well with her. She yelled, "So, I see you're another one of those kinds of rats! Guess what, rats like that always get extra punishment!"

She grabbed her sharpest knife and began to cut his hind legs off like she did with Cheerilee. Once she got the first leg cut off she cast a spell to stop the bleeding. She then did the same with the other leg. After they were cut off she laughed, "Well Pearly, looks like we get more pony legs!"

Shining began shouting obscenities while his captors were having their snack. Neither one of them paid much attention because the chances of his screams being heard were pretty much zero and they were enjoying their snacks way too much. Once Colgate finished her's she planted her hoof on Shining's throat and laughed, "Well now, this has been quite the night, hasn't it."

He tried to say something but as Colgate pressed down harder and harder on his throat until he began to turn blue. Pearly asked, "Colgate, you aren't going to kill him this quickly are you? Don't you want to eat his heart?"

Colgate sighed, "While I would like to, I'm not sure what time it is and we really need to find a good place to hide before dawn arrives."

Finally she lifted her hoof up and allowed Shining Armor to breathe. Colgate looked over her suffering victim and knew that while she could inflict a lot more brutal and gruesome pain upon him, she wanted to get this done. She grabbed her sharpest knife and held the prince up to her. She laughed, "Well now royal rat, it is time for us to go and it is time for you to die!"

All he could do was let out one final call for help before she slashed his throat. Blood began to pour out and just like she has in the past in situations like this, she began to suck the gushing blood out of the wound. This time though she actually wound up choking on the blood she swallowed so much at once. Pearly began to pat her on the back and asked, "Colgate, are you ok?"

After a minute of coughing her airway was cleared. She replied, "Yeah, I'm alright." She looked up and continued, "Now let's get back up to the throne room, hide this staircase and find somewhere safe to hide until tonight."

Pearly nodded and they headed upstairs. Once they arrived in the throne room they noticed it was still dark. Colgate fired some light energy at the throne causing the shadow to retreat, hiding the passage into the abyss. They found their way to the balcony where Colgate levitated Pearly and they headed to the stadium. Colgate said, "Ok, this is were we shall hide out until this evening."

Pearly asked, "What if there are pegasi visiting today? Won't they see us?"

Colgate led him into the corridors where they would not be spotted. She replied, "No, now be quiet. We have a long day ahead of us and after sunset, we head to Canterlot."

Pearly asked, "Colgate, don't you think we better look for the showers? I have quite a bit of blood on me and you are soaked in it. We can't go out in public like this and we certainly can't get on the train like this!"

Colgate replied, "Agreed. Let's get washed up and the wait until the night train to Canterlot departs."

After washing up they sat in the corridors, right next to the entrance out into the stadium waiting for darkness. While Pearly was a little bit less nervous, Colgate's confidence was much higher than before. While she knew that they still had to be careful, she was becoming more and more certain that they would be able to pull this off.