Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Since LaurFa and Celestia would be spending at least a couple more days up in the Crystal Empire before departing for the Equine Empire, Colgate figured that she could get to studying her Midnight Castle collection more closely before beginning to create what would unleash an unmatched wrath and terror upon the world.

As she stood there in her deepest chamber, she immediately went to the book that she had seen in the vision and began to read through it. While in the vision it showed her the exact page that the proper spell to fuse the black diamond into herself was on, she figured that she would have more than enough time to study it thoroughly.

When she began to read about the black diamond, the text read,

"The black diamond is as old as Eqqus itself and its location is unknown. For anyone who possesses the gem, they will be able to bring about darkness, evil and wrath of unprecedented proportions. With this gem, the possessor could easily rule the whole of Eqqus 1. With the gem, the possessor's subjects shall show unconditional love yet live in utter despair. Upon fusion of the gem into one's body, they themselves will become much more than what they once were, they will become Evil itself. No others, regardless of the relic they possess, no matter how dark it is, shall match the power of Evil."

Colgate got a huge smile on her face knowing that any relic her enemies would possess would not give them an advantage over her. She got a huge smile on her face and laughed, "Now to fuse this baby into myself and Evil I shall become, an invincible Evil!"

Colgate continued to read on and noticed that the book mentioned something about the spell having to be cast outside. When Colgate first saw that she was curious as to why but then she realized that perhaps the spell would release so much energy that it could either injure herself, the black tower or perhaps both if she did not follow the instructions exactly.

She then got to the spell itself and read over it,

"The gem's power is great,
With it the hourglass can spread great amounts of hate.
To be set free from the bonds of light,
The gem must be fused with her great might.

The darkness and the hourglass shall become one
The light of the world will soon be done.
Victory is guaranteed with the gem of black,
With the darkness the world will never go back.

With the fusion the hourglass will never suffer a terrible fate,
The global conquest the hourglass seeks will not be late.
A mad fury will be unleashed across the land,
With the gem the hourglass will always have the upper hand.

Upon the fusion, the hourglass and evil will become one,
Darkness shall follow her where ever she goes.
The light will be purged as all will see,
The Goddess of Terror she shall be."

As Colgate read this she could hardly believe her eyes. Just as it was with the hourglass symbols in the chamber where she found the black diamond, the spell appeared as though it was written for her. She thought to herself, "Am I the chosen one? Am I the one who is meant to rule this world?"

After reading over the spell multiple times, everything began to become clear to her. She realized that the reason she did not take control when she had the chances to in the past is because that was not how or when it was supposed to be. Her conquest was not meant to be until the world was against her, that love and light is not what the world deserves, but misery and darkness.

Once she had read it enough that she memorized it, she grabbed the gem and exited her tower. She was not sure how much damage the fusion process would do to its surroundings so she flew a mile away. Once she figured she was far enough away that no damage would happen to her tower or to the city of Marentreal, she landed.

She grabbed the gem in her aura and then began to wonder where she should fuse it. At first she wondered if she should fuse it into her chest the way the collar was, then she wondered if she should fuse it into her flank, over her cutie mark since the gem is of the same shape. Then a final thought came to her mind, fusing it into herself directly below her horn so that its true energies could be harnessed the most.

She then grabbed the gem in her aura, held it in place and recited,

"The gem's power is great,
With it the hourglass can spread great amounts of hate.
To be set free from the bonds of light,
The gem must be fused with her great might.

The darkness and the hourglass shall become one
The light of the world will soon be done.
Victory is guaranteed with the gem of black,
With the darkness the world will never go back.

With the fusion the hourglass will never suffer a terrible fate,
The global conquest the hourglass seeks will not be late.
A mad fury will be unleashed across the land,
With the gem the hourglass will always have the upper hand.

Upon the fusion, the hourglass and evil will become one,
Darkness shall follow her where ever she goes.
The light will be purged as all will see,
The Goddess of Terror she shall be."

Almost immediately, Colgate became enveloped in an orb of pure darkness, a darkness that could be seen for miles. The fusion of the gem became painful for Colgate, horribly painful. Her screams of pain were horribly loud and only became worse as blood began to flow out of her forehead where the gem was being fused into her. At that moment she was wishing that she had chose against doing this but it was too late to go back, once the fusion process began, it could not be stopped.

After an hour of a painful fusion, Colgate dropped to the ground and laid there unconscious. While she laid there, she had dreams involving everything that would be done to accomplish her goal, dreams that would provide her with the information to ensure that the horrible, painful process of fusion would not be all for naught.

When she came to, she did not feel miserable and suffer from pain like one would expect. Instead, she felt better and more energetic than she had in her whole life. Immediately she flew back to the tower and would be met by her generals. The very moment they saw her they were terrified. The pony they saw was not the same pony that had left earlier in the day. What they saw was a pony that had grown further, her coat was darker, the parts of her eyes that were at first white and then blue, they had turned into a shade of dark gray. The part that scared them the most was the black diamond that had been fused into her forehead.

Colgate saw the terrified looks on their faces and asked, "Generals, what is wrong?"

Dark Night replied, "It is just what has happened. The black diamond under your horn, your even larger size, your coat color....."

Lightning Storm added, "And your eyes, can you see ok?"

Colgate could tell the two were terrified by her new appearance but figured that they would be. She replied, "I can see fine but I would advise that you two toughen up. You are soldiers and I can not have generals who are scared of me solely because I have taken on a different appearance." She then gave them a smile, "Don't worry, I'm the same old Colgate you've known for ages."

The two gave her a nod before she continued, "Generals, for now I need some time to reflect on the events of the day and tap into the eye."

Again the two nodded and returned to the base while Colgate headed up to her chambers to tap into the eye, the very first place she checked was the Crystal Empire and she saw them outside engaging in a minor exercise with the troops. This caused her jaw to drop open, "What, Celestia and LaurFa actually engaging in military exercises?"

With them doing that she couldn't help but wonder how much longer they would stay up there but did know one thing, the time had come for her to set the next part of her plan in action, the part that her generals may even oppose but it would have to be done, no matter what. She then turned her focus to the hills that surround the entrance to Unicornia and said to herself, "I can deal with them later. I have studying to do and then a body to retrieve."