Terror in Equestria 9: Return of Tambelon

Several hours had passed since Colgate, her soldiers and LaurFa had departed White Magick's realm and finally Marentreal was off in the distance. Once they got to within a quarter mile of the city Colgate ordered that they land. She noticed that besides it being a good flat area for not just her tower but also the base. She also noticed that there was also a forest nearby. She pointed her hoof towards it and said, "This is perfect, we can use the wood from those trees to build the base."

One of the dark Alicorn soldiers, one who was not around when the Ponyville base was originally built asked, "Seriously, you want just the six of us to build a whole military base?"

When Dark Night heard this he was not overly thrilled about Colgate demanding so much hard labor when it would be unnecessary as he remembered something. He remembered how Colgate could easily construct and repair smaller buildings. He asked, "Colgate, can't you just fire some energy at the ground and cause barracks and the base to appear. It would be a lot easier on all of us if you did that."

Colgate replied, "Actually yes, I can do that. Not only would that save us from having to do a lot of unnecessary labor but it would also allow me to wait to duplicate all of you until it would be necessary." Colgate could see the relief on her soldiers' faces so she decided the time had come to take care of the big project. She turned to LaurFa and continued, "Now about that tower."

LaurFa still was not thrilled about Colgate wanting a tower like what existed in Ponyville and she was going to try and sway her desire. She asked, "Colgate, please reconsider the whole tower thing. Wouldn't a castle like the one I made for Twilight do?"

Colgate gave her an intense look and replied, "LaurFa, I am the Supreme Commander of Coastal Equestria, it would not look good for not only the leader of this nation but also the leader of the military to live in a fancy castle. I want a tower and I want it dark like the one I called home for so long."

LaurFa's jaw dropped open. She gasped, "Leader of this fine nation AND leader of the military? Is Coastal Equestria going to be ruled by the military like Equestria was when you were in charge."

Colgate replied, "Yes, it will be. Besides Equestria was far better off when I was in charge than it was when dark goddess Twily was oppressing everypony."

LaurFa sighed, "I know it was better." She lit up her horn and asked, "Alright Twi....I mean Colgate, where do you want it?"

What she said did not sit well with Colgate but she figured that it would be best if she held her anger. She pointed her hoof off to the left and ordered, "I want it there and I do have one question."

LaurFa asked, "What is it?"

Colgate asked in return, "When you constructed Twilight's new castle for her, did it come with furnishing or did she have to furnish it herself?"

LaurFa was quickly getting frustrated knowing what Colgate wanted but figured that she needed to be fair, "It came furnished and I did put what was in her old archives in her upstairs library." She saw Colgate giving her a curious look and asked, "Do you want all that material in your upstairs library or down in your archives?"

Colgate replied, "I want it down in the archives and remember, I need a larger archive than what the Ponyville tower had so I can put the duplicates of wh....."

LaurFa sighed, "I know, I know, you need more room for that material Ruby let you cast a spell on so you can duplicate it."

She saw Colgate tapping her hoof impatiently and realized that she had best get the tower constructed. Her horn began to glow white, she pointed it off to the left and recited,

"Here there is nothing but land yet that is very bland,
This place is something nopony can call home and she can't be alone,
Now a tower of iron there must be so that for the commander a home will be,
Now a roof she will have over her head so she will always be ahead."

When she fired a bolt of energy at the ground a great tower began to rise. Colgate watched in awe as her new home began to rise in front of her. There is one thing that she did know though, she knew that iron would rust and that is something she would have to prevent. Colgate grabbed the tower in her aura and recited,

"The tower of iron is vulnerable to rust and standing tall is a must,
My new home must always be so that it is everything I can see,
Rust could leave me without a home and I'd be all alone,
Now that will never be and this home will always belong to me."

Her energy struck the tower and made it immune to rust. Colgate had a huge smile on her face and suggested, "Well troops, well LaurFa, shall we go in and take a look around?"

Dark Night enthusiastically replied, "Sure!"

When they headed in Colgate couldn't help but notice that it had the same design and layout as the tower in Ponyville did. She got a huge smile on her face and said, "Just like old times! Now let's just hope that we won't have to face any threats."

Colgate then headed to the two most important areas to her. She first headed down to the archives and was impressed by what she saw but knew that she would need to create good locks for the doors. Unlike the archives in Ponyville where there was a primary part and then the Starswirl wing, a door in the back of that wing led to a third, much larger room. Colgate knew what this was for and said to herself, "Excellent, this room is going to be perfect! It is behind the most doors and it has just the right amount of shelving!"

She grabbed the empty shelving in her aura, lit up her horn and recited,

"The amount of knowledge I will have is great and with it there will be no hate,
The smarts I will gain will make the advantage mine so everypony else I can keep in line,
The duplication must take place so I can fill this space
No longer will these books be denied of me and it is great times that shall be."

Colgate fired a bolt of energy and suddenly the shelves were no longer empty. She approached them and flew up to the higher ones, inspecting them to make sure that she had got every one of them. Much to her pleasure everything was there. She flew down to the floor and exclaimed, "It worked LaurFa, it worked! Now just to get some good locks on these doors and I'll be all set."

LaurFa replied, "Well I am glad that everything has worked out."

Colgate headed back towards the exit and continued, "Now to head up to my bedroom AND get the sapphire Alicorn activated."

Her soldiers and LaurFa followed her upstairs to her bedroom and like the tower in Ponyville was, her balcony was facing to the west. Colgate stepped out on it and said, "What a beautiful sight, I can see that forest to the north, I can make out a faint outline of the hills where White Magick lives and the sky is a beautiful blue!" She turned around and continued, "Speaking of blue, let's get the eye up and running!"

LaurFa could only sigh in frustration because she still wasn't overly thrilled that Colgate would have the advantage of spying on the whole world but didn't say anything. Like it was in her bedroom in Ponyville, there was a pedestal to set the gold plate on. Colgate opened the golden box and set the gold plate on the pedestal. She then set the sapphire Alicorn in it and readied herself to cast the activation spell.

She lit up her horn, grabbed the sapphire Alicorn in her aura and recited,

"The Alicorn of sapphire shall allow me to see it all, without it I might miss a brawl,
Seeing all this ensures nothing I will miss, I will see if anything goes amiss,
Advance warning is what comes with the eye so deposing me nopony will try"

The moment she finished the spell the Alicorn began to glow and a great blue eye appeared on the top of the tower. Colgate stared into the sapphire Alicorn and could see everything going on in the world. At first she checked what was going on in Marentreal and things seemed to be going on normally. After that her scan began to cover the rest of the world and one thing that did please her was that Scootaloo was being well received up in the Crystal Empire. She said to herself, "Make me proud Scootaloo, rule with kindness but make sure they know you're in charge."

LaurFa overheard this and asked, "So I take it things are going fine for Queen Scoo......."

Colgate interrupted, "LaurFa, Scootaloo is adopting the title Supreme Commander as she too will also command the military."

LaurFa's eyes grew wide and asked, "So you're telling me that the Crystal Empire will be ruled by the military too?"

Colgate gave her a smile and replied, "Yes, she is and personally I think that if every nation on earth were ruled by the military, we would all be much safer." She gave LaurFa a curious look and asked, "I do have a question for you, does Alicorn Island even have a military or do you guys simply rely on your citizens and their powerful magic to repel any threats?"

LaurFa replied, "It has been so long since I ruled there that I don't even know. If I know Galaxia and Cosmos as well as I think I do, they likely just relied on the power of the citizens to protect it."

Colgate sighed, "I see." She again began to scan the world and looking off to the west, she zeroed in on both Ponyville and Canterlot. She couldn't help but chuckle over what she was seeing, well what she wasn't seeing. LaurFa heard her and asked, "Colgate, why are you chuckling?"

Colgate burst out into laughter, "Get this, neither Twilight or Celestia even have an army! They are going to rely on a few royal guards and that is it!"

Lightning Storm added, "You know something, I could go in there alone, cover them all in ooze and take Equestria for our Supreme Commander!"

This did not sit well with LaurFa one bit. She yelled, "Colgate, is that your plan? Are you going to send him in to conquer all of Equestria for you and then move the capitol here?"

Colgate was a bit unnerved by the anger in LaurFa's voice but did not show it. She replied, "Of course not! Lightning Storm was simply stating a fact." She shrugged her shoulders in frustration and continued, "Well it looks like that if Grogar was to return, White Magick and I would be the only ponies in Equestria that would have armies to take him on."

LaurFa knew that what she wasn't saying was completely true and countered, "Well Twilight does have her friends and if I remember correctly, Fluttershy is the toughest of them when it comes to handling enemies."

Colgate got a smile on her face and laughed, "That is true now isn't it." Her voice became more serious as she continued, "She did help me put Lyra in her place when I nuked Neigh Zealand and it wasn't that long ago that she was with me on Eqqus 2, perhaps I could convince her to move out here. That way she will be more ready for battle and will be able to train with my troops."

LaurFa sighed, "Colgate, just let her stay with her friends. If Tambelon does return and they are all needed, I suppose everypony could come here and train since this is the best place to launch an attack from."

Colgate replied, "That is true." She then remembered how LaurFa was going to use her magic to secure Coastal Equestria's border with Equestria to make her new nation official. She asked, "So LaurFa, now that I have this tower, how about we find a map and get that border wall created?"

LaurFa sighed, "Alright, let's get that map with your boundary proposal on it."

Despite having stored the sapphire Alicorn in her saddlebags, she also had the map with her boundary drawn on it. She handed it to LaurFa and asked, "Well, shall we?"

Like it was with the tower, deep down LaurFa did not want to do this but she felt obligated to since Colgate was promised her own nation in exchange for giving up what would become Equestria on Eqqus 2. She grabbed the map in her aura, her eyes began to shine white and she recited,

"While the map is whole, that can no longer be so
The new line is what shall be fine,
The boundary must be strong so any thoughts of breaching it won't last long,
What shall separate us is a wall and that will be great for us all."

LaurFa fired one final beam of energy at the map before her eyes stopped shining. Colgate saw this and suggested, "Well shall we go see if it worked? Shall we take another look at the world?"

LaurFa simply rolled her eyes and while she would never admit it to Colgate, she was secretly hoping that it would either be rather short or the spell would not have worked at all. When Colgate began to scan the world again, she was very impressed with what she saw. The wall that had appeared was even better than what she would have asked for. She turned around and said, "Thanks LaurFa, that wall is amazing!"

LaurFa replied, "Thanks."

Colgate became happier and exclaimed, "It is tall, it is thick and I tell you, it would take a whole lot to bring that baby down!" She then remembered how lousy the border between Saddle Arabia and the Equine Empire was when the global war erupted. She couldn't help but laugh, "Too bad you couldn't have secured the border back between Saddle Arabia and the Equine Empire back in the day!"

LaurFa replied, "Remember Colgate, that was an inside job so the war would have erupted anyway." Since she had done everything she had promised, she really wanted to get going. She looked out the window and noticed that the sun was starting to drop towards the horizon. She continued, "Well Colgate, you have what you demanded now so I think I shall get going."

Normally Colgate would invite a guest of her level to stay but she could tell that LaurFa had no desire to stay and she didn't feel like having to put up with her anymore. Colgate replied, "Well thanks, I really appreciate that." She was curious about one thing though, she wondered where she would stay since she likely wouldn't fly all the way to Alicorn Island that day. She asked, "So are you going to fly straight through or will you be staying somewhere on the way?"

LaurFa replied, "I'll likely spend the night with Twilight before I head home tomorrow."

She headed to the balcony and took off towards the west. As Colgate watched her disappear she said to herself, "So, you're going to stay with Twilight huh? I guess I know what I'll be doing tonight."