After eating a hearty meal Colgate, White Magick and Ruby Heart headed towards the portal so that they could begin doing what it took to accomplish their mission. Once they had returned to Equestria, Colgate ordered that they fly above the canopy of the forest. She ordered, "Ruby, White Magick, I need you to gather right by me while I cast the proper spells."

They nodded and gathered around Colgate. Colgate first cast the spell for the time bubble as she recited,

"A bubble is what we need, so from frozen time we can be freed,
in this bubble we can move fast, while everything else is stuck in the past,
it is frozen time which through we must pass so we will never be late to class."

After the three were in the bubble Colgate poked the very edge of her horn through the bubble and cast the next spell to freeze time entirely. She recited,

"Tick tock, tick tock, look at the racing clock,
what is short is time and being late is a crime,
we must finish on top so it is time I must stop,
with time froze, it is my enemies I shall bulldoze."

Once time was frozen Colgate asked, "So do you two do a whole lot of flying?"

Ruby replied, "Unfortunately no."

White Magick asked, "I take it that we need to be able to fly fast to get this bubble moving?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, you do." She knew that unlike Equestrian ponies who should be keeping their wings in flying shape, that these two who have lived in a closed off realm may not have as much need to fly around on a regular basis. She continued, "Just fly as fast as you can, alright?"

The two nodded and before taking off Colgate finished, "First we shall travel north to the Crystal Empire to get Scootaloo. She has strong wings and will be able to help us move this more quickly."

The three took off and while Colgate was not expecting it, both Ruby and White Magick were able to not only move faster than she imagined, but they were moving fast enough that they were able to break the sound barrier. It would not be long before the Crystal Empire would appear on the horizon. Colgate slowed the bubble and before they crossed into the dome, she had the three land.

White Magick asked, "Colgate, why did we stop?"

Colgate replied, "You see that dome in front of us. Inside of it lies the Crystal Empire. Now I shall reverse the spells so that we can go and get Scootaloo."

First Colgate had to unfreeze time outside of the bubble. She recited,

"Look at the clock, it is stuck in place, with this there can be no pace,
everything is still but that does not fit the bill,
for now the clock shall again run so everypony can have fun."

Time outside the bubble again ran normally and finally she cast the spell to undo the bubble as she recited,

"In the bubble time continues to run, but now the time outside runs and allows fun,
the bubble must burst so we can quench our thirst,
from the bubble we are now free and everything we can clearly see."

The bubble burst and the first one to say anything was Ruby, "Wow, I never knew how advanced of magic that you truly know!"

White Magick added, "Are there any other time lords or time ladies in Equestria that can do this?"

Colgate replied, "There was one back before Twilight became evil and the odd thing is, he was a doctor." She couldn't help but laugh, "Kind of odd, both ponies who can manipulate time took care of other ponies' health!" She then looked at the dome and continued, "Alright, enough about that. Let's get into the Empire and get Scootaloo."

The three flew north and crossed into the protective dome. While Colgate knew exactly what to expect, both Ruby and White Magick were in shock to see everything go from being cold and snow covered to being as nice as it would be on a warm spring day. Colgate pointed towards the Crystal Palace and said, "You see that? That is where our ally, Supreme Commander Scootaloo lives."

As they approached the palace Colgate noticed the base that Scootaloo had built and couldn't help but smile. Her smile grew when she saw her out leading a normal exercise. She pointed her hoof down and ordered, "Down there is where we need to land."

The three landed right behind Scootaloo and Colgate yelled, "At ease soldiers!"

Scootaloo immediately stopped the exercise and couldn't he happier. She knew that voice and turned around to see who she viewed as a mentor. She rushed to her, hugged her and exclaimed, "Colgate! It is so good to see you!"

Colgate returned the embrace and replied, "It's good to see you too Scootaloo!"

Scootaloo took a look at the two ponies that traveled with her and knew who one of them was but not the other. She asked, "I know he is King White Magick but who is the mare that has accompanied you two?"

Before Colgate could introduce her Ruby Heart introduced herself, "My name is Queen Ruby Heart, I am White Magick's wife but if you are an ally of Colgate's, you may just call me Ruby."

Again White Magick was in shock. Not only had his wife grown close enough to Colgate to allow her to be informal with her but here she was allowing another Equestrian to be informal with her. He asked, "Honey, are you ok? You used to be so distrusting of Equestrians and now you are allowing two of them to be informal with you?"

Ruby replied, "Honey, I can tell that she is an ally of Colgate's and any true ally of hers may be informal with me."

Colgate couldn't help but chuckle, "Well Scootaloo is like the daughter I never had, she's been tough her whole life, dating all the way back to when she was an adorable filly!"

Scootaloo immediately protested, "I was not adorable, I was never adorable! Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom might have been but I wasn't!"

The three couldn't help but chuckle knowing that Scootaloo was indeed a lot like Colgate, keeping a tough attitude but could tell that she was horribly embarrassed. After a brief moment of being flustered Scootaloo asked, "Colgate, so what brings you three up here? Is the world in trouble?"

Colgate had a solemn look on her face and replied, "Yes Scootaloo, it is. Grogar has returned and he has taken five of the Elements prisoner."

Scootaloo knew exactly what she was talking about but both Ruby and White Magick were confused as to what she meant by "the Elements." Ruby asked, "Elements? When you say elements, what do you mean?"

Colgate replied, "At one point in the distant past, before Twilight's ascension and coronation, she and her friends wielded these objects known as the Elements of Harmony and it was them who saved Equestria from numerous foes...."

Before she could continue Scootaloo asked, "Who was it that escaped?"

Colgate replied, "It was Fluttershy who managed to escape. While I can't be completely sure, when I saw that five of them were taken prisoner, I saw Fluttershy flying towards Canterlot."

Scootaloo was becoming a bit impatient with them merely talking about what happened, she wanted to know what they were going to do. She asked, "So what are we going to do? Are we going to gather up the rest of the world leaders, travel to your capitol, train for battle and then march on him?"

Colgate replied, "You know me too well Scootaloo." She cast her gaze to the south and continued, "Well shall we go and get everypony else rounded up?"

They all nodded and followed Colgate out of the Empire so that they could continue their journey. Ruby asked, "Colgate, now that we have Scootaloo, who will we go and get next?"

Colgate replied, "I have decided that next we will pick up Celestia, then LaurFa, then Blue Star, then Galaxia and Cosmos, then Luna and after that, we will return to my capitol where we will train, I will eventually duplicate my forces and finally we will march on Tambelon to free those Grogar took prisoner and then slay him."

White Magick added, "Well we need to hurry and get all this done. I hate to think about what he is doing to Princess Twilight."

Again Ruby gave her husband a deep scowl before they took off and followed Colgate. Once they had exited the Empire, Colgate cast the necessary spells so that they could quickly get to Canterlot. Colgate ordered everypony to gather around her so she could cast the necessary spells so they could get to Canterlot. With Scootaloo aiding in moving the time bubble, it did not take long for them to break the sound barrier and arriving in Canterlot did not take long. When they arrived in the capitol, Colgate stopped the bubble and cast the necessary spells so that they could round up Celestia.

When they approached the castle entrance they were greeted by a couple of guards. One guard asked, "Halt, who goes there?"

The other added, "State your business."

Colgate stepped forward and replied, "We need to speak to Princess Celestia over very important matters."

The guards could tell that Colgate was serious and rather than leading them to the throne room, they allowed them entry. When they headed into the throne room Colgate would be very surprised. Not only was Celestia present but so were Fluttershy, Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra, who Celestia seemed to have grown quite close to. Celestia looked up to see her guests and asked, "Colgate, what brings all of you....?"

Fluttershy interrupted, "Princess, you should know that they're here to ask us for help in defeating Grogar and rescuing my friends." Before anypony else could say anything Fluttershy continued, "And I will gladly help you Colgate. I will slay Grogar myself if I have to for the crimes he has committed."

This brought out a smile on Colgate's face as she knew that Fluttershy still had the same fight in her that she did when she aided her in defeating Lyra. Fluttershy looked at Celestia and asked, "Well? Are you going to be joining us?"

Celestia had a nervous look on her face and replied, "Uh, yeah I guess I can."

This brought about a look of disapproval from Colgate. She sighed, "Look, if you either don't want to help us save YOUR little Twily or don't think you have the ability to aid us, just let me know" Her sigh became more of a growl as she continued, "because I have no room for weak links in my invasion of Tambelon."

The fact that Colgate had the audacity to refer to Twilight in such a manner did not sit well with Celestia. She snapped, "Do not refer to her as 'little Twily.' She was my student and is a princess of Equestria."

Colgate gave her a glare and asked, "Well then, do you wish to aid in rescuing your fellow princess or will it be up to the rest of us to save her and her friends from Grogar?"

Celestia still had a bit of an unsure look on her face until she heard White Magick add, "Please your Majesty, Twilight is important to me and I'm sure she is....."

Ruby nudged him and sneered, "Oh and what does that make me, chopped liver?"

Celestia could tell that things may start going south if she didn't make a decision, "Yes, I will aid in this mission to save Twilight."

Colgate replied, "Good, now let's get going. We still have LaurFa, Blue Star, Galaxia and Cosmos and Luna to get before we return to my tower and start training."

Celestia asked, "What about Sombra and Chrysalis, don't you want them to come too?"

Colgate knew that neither one of them had ever fought in the type of battle that they would face and figured that they may only lessen their chances of winning. She replied, "No and besides, I'm sure you'll need somepony or somechangeling to stay here and hold down the fort."

Sombra added, "Don't worry Celestia, Chrysalis and I will take care of things if anything goes awry."

Celestia replied, "Alright, sounds good." She and Fluttershy followed everypony else outside the palace. Once they got outside Colgate asked, "Fluttershy, are you still able to fly as fast as you did before?"

Fluttershy snickered, "You should see the inside of my cottage! I've returned to racing and I'm running out of room for all my GOLD medals!"

Colgate knew about Fluttershy's desire to return to racing and laughed, "Good, after we slay Grogar I'll have to check those out. For now though, let's get going!"

They gathered around Colgate and she cast the necessary spells so they could get to Alicorn Island more quickly. With Fluttershy helping them out, despite Celestia not flying very fast, they were able to move the time bubble faster and it would not be long until they reached Alicorn Island. Colgate again cast the proper spells so they could take care of business.

Unlike it was in Canterlot, they were greeted by two guards at the gate. One asked, "Halt, who goes there?"

The other added, "State your business."

Given that Celestia was closer with LaurFa than any of the others she replied, "We need to speak to LaurFa. There is an emergency in Equestria and we really need her help."

The first guard replied, "Very well, I shall lead you to the throne room."

They followed him to the throne room and LaurFa immediately rushed to Celestia and asked, "Princess Celestia, what brings you by?"

Celestia replied, "Well we are having a problem in Equestria." She pointed her hoof at Colgate and continued, "But I shall let Colgate tell you about the problem, she is the one who detected it."

LaurFa sighed as she knew exactly how Colgate knew about it first but did not say anything. She asked, "Colgate, you saw this before anypony else so what happened?"

Colgate stated, "He has returned."

LaurFa asked, "Seriously, Grogar has returned?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, he has. He, Bray and his trogals have all returned. Also, he and his minions invaded Ponyville and took Fluttershy's friends captive. When I headed out to notify everypony, he was leading them to Tambelon in cages."

LaurFa gasped, "Oh my, well we better get going right away."

White Magick added, "I know. The sooner we get going the sooner we can rescue Twilight."

Ruby snapped, "Aren't you forgetting about her friends dear?"

Colgate added, "That and slaying Grogar and every last one of his minions?"

White Magick replied, "Yes, we need to do that as well."

LaurFa could tell that things were likely going to go south between White Magick and Ruby if they did not get going so she suggested, "Well shall we?"

Colgate headed for the exit and was followed by everypony else. Once they got outside Colgate ordered everypony to gather around her so they could get going to their next destination, Neigh Zealand. Again Colgate cast the necessary spells and they took off towards the south. Despite only Colgate, Fluttershy and Scootaloo being able to break the sound barrier, they arrived in Neigh Zealand rather quickly. Colgate reversed the spells she cast and was shocked to discover that Prancington had already been mostly rebuilt. They saw a building that likely was Blue Star's palace and it was not Colgate who led the way, it was Ruby Heart and White Magick.

As they were flying there they saw what appeared to be a military base not too far away and saw ponies engaging in exercises. They saw an Alicorn leading them and they immediately headed that way. White Magick landed directly in front of Blue Star and said, "Well Son, I see you are leading the exercises here."

He was happy to see his father but was less than thrilled by what he said. He replied, "Of course I am Father, why wouldn't I be." He then saw Ruby, rushed to her and said, "Mom, it is so good to see you!"

Ruby embraced him and replied, "It's so good to see you too Blue Star!"

Blue Star noticed that it was not just his parents that were there, but that Colgate and other leaders were also present. He could tell that by the way she was carrying herself, that Colgate was likely the one in charge of the trip. He asked, "Colgate, something bad has happened hasn't it? Something has happened that you need me hasn't it?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, Grogar has returned and he has taken Twilight Sparkle and four of her friends captive."

Ruby added, "And he has taken them to Tambelon."

Blue Star sighed, "I figured he would return eventually but I didn't think he would return this quickly." He again turned his gaze to Colgate and asked, "So what do we do now?"

Colgate replied, "Well we still have some leaders to gather before we head to my tower and start training for this. Going up against Grogar won't be easy but I'm certain that with training, we can slay him and rescue the five ponies he took captive." She motioned for everypony to gather around her and ordered, "Well let's get going, again."

Colgate cast the proper spells and given that Blue Star could fly fairly fast, he was able to aid them in getting the time bubble moving even faster. They arrived in Ridead much more quickly than they anticipated and after Colgate reversed the spells so they could go to the palace, Celestia speed towards it much more quickly than the rest of them. When she arrived she bolted into the throne room and exclaimed, "Mom, dad, he's back!"

As Galaxia was beginning to say something everypony else arrived and Colgate asked, "So did Celestia tell you the bad news?"

Galaxia replied, "Yes we did and I think we should likely get going at once." She looked at the ponies that stood before them and continued, "It appears as though you have yet to notify Luna of this?"

Colgate replied, "That is correct. Maredrid is the last stop before we return to Marentreal."

Both Galaxia and Cosmos stood up and headed towards the exit. The fact that Celestia's parents were so eager to go brought a smile to Colgate's face. Once they got out to the courtyard Colgate ordered, "You guys know the drill, gather around me."

Once everypony had gathered around her she cast the necessary spells again and they took off for Maredrid. Unlike it had been in previous trips, they were just barely able to break the sound barrier given that Galaxia and Cosmos hadn't done a lot of flying since retaking Saddle Arabia, with the exception of Colgate and Scootaloo, everypony's wings were getting tired.

When they finally arrived in Maredrid and Colgate reversed the spells, almost everypony was tired and their wings were burning in pain. Fluttershy, who had been flying a lot and had stronger wings than most ponies was even winded. She was breathing heavily and Colgate noticed this. She asked, "Fluttershy, what is wrong? You look horribly tired and you are grimacing in pain."

Fluttershy replied, "Colgate, I have been keeping my wings strong racing but this moving a time bubble is something I'm not used to and we've traveled so far. My wings are burning in pain!"

Everypony else in their party nodded in agreement and Celestia, who seemed to be the most winded suggested, "Colgate, I know you'll likely say no but I'm thinking that maybe we should see if Luna would let us stay here for the night and then we could leave tomorrow."

Colgate, who had always put up a tough front and was good at masking her pain did not react negatively. She replied, "You know something Celestia, I agree." Everypony who knew Colgate and how she operates gasped in shock. Colgate continued, "I haven't had to move a time bubble this far in ages so even my wings are burning a bit." She pointed her hoof towards Luna's palace and finished, "Well shall we? We need to let Luna know what is going on and I don't know about the rest of you but I'm famished. Let's see if Luna has anything to eat."

Everypony was in a state of shock hearing Colgate not trying to act 100% tough like she normally does. As they headed towards the palace everypony except White Magick was in a state of relief that Colgate was not in a hell fire hurry to get back to Marentreal. They just hoped that Luna wouldn't be in too big of a hurry to get going.

Author's Note

Time bubble---"A bubble is what we need, so from frozen time we can be freed, in this bubble we can move fast, while everything else is stuck in the past, it is frozen time which through we must pass so we will never be late to class."

Freeze time---"Tick tock, tick tock, look at the racing clock, what is short is time and being late is a crime, we must finish on top so it is time I must stop, with time froze, it is my enemies I shall bulldoze."

Unfreeze time---"Look at the clock, it is stuck in place, with this there can be no pace, everything is still but that does not fit the bill, for now the clock shall again run so everypony can have fun."

Undo time bubble---"In the bubble time continues to run, but now the time outside runs and allows fun, the bubble must burst so we can quench our thirst, from the bubble we are now free and everything we can clearly see."