Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Morning Discussion

Morning had arrived in Unicornia and Scootaloo, Ruby and White Magick had sat down to breakfast. While many ponies in the world had gone away from eating meat, Scootaloo was more like her mentor and still ate it regularly. When her breakfast was placed in front of her and she saw that it was hay sausage instead of regular sausage she asked, "Hay sausage? You don't have any regular sausage?"

Ruby replied, "Scootaloo, like most ponies of this world, we have gone away from eating meat long ago."

White Magick added, "Outside of the ponies of Coastal Equestria, outside of eggs, most of us have become herbivores."

Scootaloo sighed, "Alright, I can live with that."

Their breakfast was strangely quiet as they all knew that it was going to be a very long, two day trip to Faustica. The three were eating slowly as they all knew the repercussions of getting caught in Coastal Equestria. All they could do was hope that they could cross over into Equestria before Colgate could find a way to stop them.

After a long breakfast, Ruby stood up and suggested, "Shall we? We have a rather long flight today and a worse one tomorrow."

Both Scootaloo and White Magick nodded in approval as the three headed towards the portal, ready to face the day and tackle a long flight that none of them were looking forward to.

Busted

Outside of the portal, Colgate and her soldiers were ready to attack. The sun had been up for a while and Colgate began to wonder if maybe they knew she was out there waiting for them. Dark Night saw her becoming impatient and suggested, "Colgate, I really think you should calm down. Getting worked up over this isn't going to make them come any quicker."

Lightning Storm added, "Look at it this way, if you are too upset when they come out, we may not acquire any of them."

Colgate replied, "Oh you're right. I just hope they don't take too much longer. While things like berries are fine, I'm hoping I can have a substantial meal later today."

Just as she finished her reply, they all began to hear noises coming from the portal. Colgate gave her generals the signal to be ready to attack. It would not be long until three ponies came out of the portal and found themselves surrounded by soldiers, soldiers they hoped not to see.

Colgate ordered, "Cover them in ooze, now!"

Ruby, one who was quick to react took to the sky and yelled, "Don't let them cover you! Come on, we have to get to Faustica, now!"

White Magick and Scootaloo both took off but before she could get far, Scootaloo found herself covered in ooze and felt a thud as she crashed to the ground. When she fell, her allies quickly turned around and went to save their new ally. As they headed in Colgate yelled, "Cover them in ooze, take them down!"

The changelings quickly did as ordered. While they were able to bring down White Magick, Ruby was too agile for them. She began firing beams of energy downwards, not just to take out the changelings but to free the other two. She was quick enough that she was able to free White Magick but was unable to free Scootaloo.

Ruby looked down and saw that Scootaloo had been brought down and covered in ooze. She continued to hover above, trying to figure out if maybe she could save her until she heard a yell, "I'm not worth it! Just get to Faustica, everypony else needs you."

Ruby shouted, "Don't worry, we will prevail in the end." before taking off to the west.

Colgate noticed that they were getting away but for her, that was not an option, at least not with a confrontation. She took after them and was able to immediately shoot them down. She landed in front of the two and ordered, "Faustica? Tell me, why is it that you are traveling to Faustica?"

Ruby stuttered, "Well-well."

Colgate burned her with some energy and yelled, "Tell me, why would an alleged ally of mine be going to Faustica when there is no summit?"

She turned to White Magick, burned him as well and yelled, "Let me guess, so you could betray me just like Scootaloo did?"

The two were nervous seeing the furious Alicorn yelling at them but then something else would unnerve them further, Colgate's appearance. Both of them couldn't help but notice that everything about her was darker, that she had grown and most of all, the black diamond in her forehead.

Ruby's eyes grew wide as she asked, "You did take them didn't you? You found the black one and became one with it, didn't you?"

Colgate again burned her with energy and laughed, "Well aren't you the observant one." She burned her further and continued, "Now tell me, why is it that you two would betray me, an alleged ally."

Ruby yelled, "An alleged ally? You won't even come to visit anymore! Whenever you want a meeting, we have to come to you."

White Magick added, "And that is not how alliances work......"

Colgate was quickly growing tired of dealing with them so she decided that she would put them in cages and deal with them later. The two noticed that her collar began to light up and Ruby yelled, "Strike her! We can't let her imprison us!"

Before Colgate could cast the spell to imprison them, both of them fired bolts of energy at her at the same time, knocking her backwards while they took off. It did not take long for Colgate to get backup but as she saw them flying off towards the west, she decided that she would just let them go. She realized that the one she wanted most had been subdued and decided the time had come to deal with her appropriately.

When she returned to her soldiers and Scootaloo, Dark Night asked, "Colgate, what happened?"

Lightning Storm added, "They got away didn't they?"

Colgate sighed, "Unfortunately yes but I have the one I wanted most." She then turned towards Scootaloo and continued, "Well, well, well, what do we have here? Why it is the tyrant Scootaloo my dear!"

Scootaloo looked up at Colgate in fear and asked, "Why would you do this?" She then saw that Colgate had grown, became darker and had a black gem fused into her forehead. She continued, "Why are you so dark,,,,?"

Colgate kicked her in the head and ordered, "Tell me, why were you visiting Unicornia? Why did you spend so much time with LaurFa and Celestia? Why were you traveling to Marescow with those tyrants?"

Scootaloo yelled, "I'm not going to tell you! I can tell that you have bad things planned for all of Eqqus 1."

Colgate smacked her and snapped, "You know what you rat, since you refuse to tell me, you will soon discover what happens to those who betray the black tower." Colgate grabbed her in her aura, turned to her soldiers and ordered, "Let's get her to the tower and after I have her detained, I will get answers from her using any means necessary!"

As she was being carried east, Scootaloo knew that she was in a world of trouble. She was not sure exactly what sort of punishment she would face but had a feeling that it would be far, far worse than anything the dark goddess would have ever unleashed upon anypony.