Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

An Unpleasant Arrival

Several days had passed since leaving Marescow and thanks to sub-par weather conditions and strong winds, Luna and her companions were approaching Ridead well behind schedule. Their landing would not be easy though as a dust storm had moved into the area. Luna was trying to steer the airship as good as she could and knew that if it was to crash into any buildings, particularly a house, that not only would the air ship be destroyed, so would the house.

After trying to land it for nearly half an hour, a gust of wind wound up blowing it away from the landing site and caused it to crash into a residential area. It wound up destroying multiple houses, burst into flames and eventually exploded. While Luna was able to escape the crash unscathed, Celestia and LaurFa both suffered some burned feathers.

Luna saw what happened and surveyed the wreckage and yelled, "Curse it, curse that wind!"

Despite being in pain Celestia yelled, "Sister, why would you use that thing? All it did was slow us down and you know how bad the winds are here."

LaurFa added, "We would have been much better off had we just flown here like ponies have for tens of millennia!"

Luna rolled her eyes and snapped, "Look, I know this journey didn't go as well as we had hoped and several houses were destroyed but we got here, alright?

Her two companions grunted and when they approached the castle, Luna would not be any more pleased when a guard said, "Halt, who goes there?"

Before the other could speak Luna grabbed both of them in her aura and snapped, "Do you not know who we are? Do you not see our cutie marks?"

The other guard replied, "Well....."

Luna interrupted, "We are Galaxia and Cosmos's daughters and with us is the Creator Goddess LaurFa."

The first guard replied, "No need to be so grumpy. I shall lead you to their throne room."

Luna shoved the guards out of the way and led her companions to the throne room. When they arrived Galaxia and Cosmos could tell that their daughter was in a very bad mood. Galaxia asked, "Luna, what is wrong? Why are you so angry?"

Luna snapped, "You know that new airship I commissioned? Well when we got here, I couldn't get it landed properly and it crashed, exploded and took out a few houses."

This did not sit well with either Galaxia or Cosmos. Cosmos gasped, "You brought an airship when you should know how bad the winds are here?"

Galaxia added, "And chances are some ponies wound up losing their lives thanks to you."

Cosmos stood up and suggested, "Well we better go and survey the damage and make sure nopony was injured or killed."

Luna asked, "I know this is important but we have some very important things to discuss with you."

Galaxia suggested, "How about we talk about it after we survey the damage. While I'm certain it is important, OUR SUBJECTS come first."

The five headed out to take a look at the damage and saw that it was quite bad. Not only was the airship destroyed, but several houses were as well but what bothered the two the most was that there were several ponies laying there lifeless. Galaxia approached them, leaned down and felt for a pulse. When she found none in all of them, she was very upset. She pointed her wing at Luna and asked, "Thanks to you and this thing, several ponies have lost their lives." She then turned to Celestia and LaurFa and continued, "And did you two support her in using this thing?"

Celestia replied, "Well we thought it was good at first but when the wind slowed us down and now this, we think it probably wasn't the best decision."

Galaxia knew that they couldn't just leave the bodies to rot yet she also had a feeling that whatever her daughters had to tell her was very important so she made a decision. Well I will get guards to take care of the bodies and prepare them for burial but for now, let's go back to the throne room. I'm sure whatever it is you have come to discuss with us is very important.

A Royal Meeting

After notifying the guards that there were fatalities in the area where the airship crashed, Galaxia and Cosmos led the three into the throne room. Neither one of the monarchs, Galaxia especially, were thrilled over the way the three arrived but knew that they had to keep their cool. Galaxia asked, "So what is it that you wish to discuss?"

Given that she was the one who discovered the prophecy book and discovered that the Alicorn gems not only existed but were stolen, LaurFa decided to reply first, "Do you two remember at the last summit when we discussed the possible existence of more Alicorn gems that would allow us all to spy on Colgate?"

Galaxia replied, "Yes. I remember how you weren't certain that they existed and all of us were irritated by it."

LaurFa continued, "The thing is, those actually exist. They are real."

Cosmos asked, "Oh and how can you possibly know that?"

LaurFa continued, "Well first I read a prophecy book about the gems and it went into detail about them and where they could be found."

Unlike the other leaders, the two were not so skeptical over a book involving prophecies. Galaxia asked, "And I take it you searched for them and found them?"

LaurFa continued, "Yes I searched for them but the bad thing is, I discovered that they have been stolen. The night before I searched for them, time froze for a while so I have reason to believe that Colgate flew out here, stole them but that wasn't the only thing she stole. She stole something much worse than Alicorn gems."

Galaxia asked, "Tell me, how could she have even found out about the gems and what else was it she stole."

LaurFa replied, "We visited the Crystal Empire and Scootaloo admitted to telling Colgate about the possible existence of the gems and as far as what else she stole, she stole a black diamond, a diamond that is of pure evil."

Both monarch's sighed, "Oh?"

LaurFa continued, "Yes. I read in the prophecy book and it went into detail about a black diamond, one that would provide the bearer with a great amount of power. It went on about how a tower in the east would unleash a wrath upon this world and I have a feeling that is warning us about Colgate."

Cosmos asked, "You wouldn't happen to have this book with you, would you?"

LaurFa replied, "Well no. It is in Faustica and I figured that we could all go over it together after we get Blue Star."

Galaxia looked at them and asked, "Ok, you said all of us. What about the royalty from Unicornia and what happened with Scootaloo? Did she run off to Colgate to warn her or what?"

LaurFa replied, "Regarding Scootaloo, she has betrayed Colgate and has joined our side. Assuming she was not caught, she went and notified the royals in Unicornia and hopefully they will be arriving in Faustica in a couple days time."

Galaxia and Cosmos both nodded before Galaxia asked, "Ok, you want us to have all the global leaders outside of Colgate in Faustica for this meeting. When is it that you would want us to depart?"

Cosmos suggested, "Personally I think we need to get a couple days rest before we fly out to Neigh Zealand because not only will it be an extremely long flight but we will also have to chart the right path so that there will be islands for us to land on and rest when it is needed."

While Luna and her company were hoping to get going right away, they could understand why they thought it would be best if they waited a couple of days. LaurFa replied, "Very well but once we can get going, I think we should."

After their meeting, things again became more stressful between all of them. Luna knew that she had made a big mistake and one of the things that the monarchs loved most were their citizens. Although Luna is their daughter, they still couldn't understand why she would fly something as unstable as an airship into an area that is almost always windy.