Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Scootaloo's Visit to Unicornia

When Scootaloo landed, she was quickly surrounded by guards, "Freeze!"

Scootaloo froze in her tracks and had spears pointed towards her. One of the guards asked, "Who are you and why are you in these hills?"

Scootaloo replied, "Well my name is Supreme Commander Scootaloo of the Crystal Empire and I have been sent here by the Creator Goddess LaurFa to discuss issues of great importance with the king and queen."

The guard poked her with his spear and asked, "What issues of importance?"

Scootaloo replied, "It involves Alicorn gems and some prophecy involving them."

The guards all lowered their spears and ordered, "Very well. Follow us and we shall lead you to their palace."

Scootaloo nodded and followed them through the portal. As she crossed into Unicornia, she felt a slight tingle as she was no longer able to use her magic. As she looked around, she saw ponies watching her with suspicion. Given that it had been quite some time since an outsider had been brought through the portal, they couldn't help but wonder who she was and why she was being brought in.

Once the guards got her into the throne room, the two monarchs knew exactly who she was. The first to speak was Ruby Heart, "Scootaloo, why is it that you were brought here by my guards?"

Scootaloo bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, I have some very important information I have to tell you."

Ruby asked, "Oh and what is that? Does it involve Colgate?"

Scootaloo began, "Yes it does. As you know LaurFa found that prophecy book about Alicorn gems and as it turns out, those are real. I do have bad news though, not only did Colgate get to Alicorn Island and steal them, she also acquired this black gem that will give her a lot of dark power."

Ruby asked, "Seriously, how do you know that she acquired these gems?"

Scootaloo replied, "After discovering the prophecy, LaurFa went into the cave where it predicted they would be and numerous hidden chambers were blasted open very recently and they were all empty, including the one where the dark gem was."

Ruby looked over at White Magick, who had been silent so far. He asked, "So what is it they want us to do? Do they want to meet us somewhere or what?"

Scootaloo replied, "Yes, they do. They want us to meet them in Faustica."

Both monarch's jaws dropped open, "Faustica? They expect us to fly that far just like that?"

Ruby added, "Certainly you must be tired because I highly doubt Colgate will just let you stay with her."

Scootaloo replied, "After everything she has done, I wouldn't want to. It is well into the afternoon so I don't know if you would want to take off as soon as possible or if you would want to wait until tomorrow morning."

The two monarchs looked at one another until Ruby suggested, "Well I think we should wait until morning but I am curious about something. Why is it that you and the others are so quick to blame Colgate for this. Do you know something that I don't?"

Scootaloo began to have second thoughts but realized since she had already brought it up, that she had no choice but to tell them, "Well she has been talking about how she is not thrilled with everypony's distrust of her and brought up doing what she should have done back when she was viewed as a hero."

White Magick asked, "I take it she had a chance to control everything but chose against it?"

Scootaloo replied, "Yes. This was long before the portal to your nation was discovered. Colgate had defeated the Dark Goddess on two separate occasions and could have easily taken control of the world but instead chose to grant independence to every nation." She became a bit nervous and continued, "But that Colgate is long gone. The Colgate that cared about everypony has been replaced by one filled with resentment, distrust and a hunger for power."

The two nodded before Ruby asked, "Ok, back to these gems. What I would like to know is how she even knew about them and why it is that she wanted them to start with."

This caused Scootaloo to freeze. She knew that when the monarchs found out how she knew that she would likely be in a lot of trouble but also hoped that maybe since she was telling them what she knew, that maybe they would not be too angry with her.

She replied, "Well I kind of told her and she wanted them so that nopony could spy on her."

Ruby flared up her horn and struck Scootaloo with a bolt of energy. She yelled, "You what? You told her not only about our intentions but also that those things might exist?" She grabbed Scootaloo in her aura and continued, "You know something, I should blast you to bits right now!"

White Magick smacked her horn and suggested, "Honey, I don't think we should do that to her. She was deep in Colgate's counsel and she could give us all the information we would need to defeat Colgate."

Ruby sighed, "Very well but tomorrow morning, we are starting what will be a horribly long flight, perhaps a flight that will take us two days and once everypony is present, you will tell us EVERYTHING you know about her and her plans." She grabbed Scootaloo in her aura and ordered, "Everything. You will not hide a single detail from us because if you do, I will know and you most certainly will not like your punishment."

White Magick, who had developed a rather laid back personality over the past millennium, grabbed Scootaloo out of his wife's aura and suggested, "Honey, I don't think she is going to hide anything. How about we just have some supper, get some rest tonight and at least try to fly to Canterlot tomorrow, alright?"

Ruby sighed, "Very well." She turned back to Scootaloo and suggested, "How about you join us for some supper and drop any more serious discussions for the night, ok?"

Scootaloo replied, "That sounds good to me."

After what was a rather stress free evening, Scootaloo was escorted to a guest bedroom and turned in for the night. While she seemed to have the king's trust, she could help but feel a bit nervous about how Ruby had treated her that day. What troubled her further though was the thought of "What if Colgate saw her come to Unicornia? What if she and some of her troops were waiting outside to ambush them?"