Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Two days had passed and the sun was rising over Ridead. The first to wake were not the monarchs but Celestia, Luna and LaurFa as they were ready to get going. The three headed down to the dining hall and waited for Galaxia and Cosmos to get up so they could eat and get going. While they were waiting they began to wonder what happened with Scootaloo and the royalty from Unicornia.

LaurFa was the first to say anything, "So do you think Scootaloo and the royalty from Unicornia made it out of Coastal Equestria ok?"

Luna replied, "I certainly hope so. With the way she feels towards all three of them now, being caught would not bode well for them."

Celestia added, "Especially Scootaloo. I know Colgate thinks of her as a daughter and if she got caught, Colgate would likely deem it as the worst form of treason and probably torture......"

Before she could finish her statement Galaxia and Cosmos arrived in the dining hall. Galaxia asked, "What about treason and torture?"

Celestia replied, "We were just talking about what might happen to Scootaloo if she were caught in Coastal Equestria notifying the royalty from Unicornia."

Galaxia commented, "I could see that but enough of the negativity. Let's eat and then get set off for Prancington. It is a horribly long flight to Neigh Zealand."

Everypony agreed and after ordering their breakfast, they sat down and continued their discussion. Cosmos asked, "LaurFa, I know it is a long trip but isn't there some other way to get to Neigh Zealand other than wearing our wings half to death?"

Galaxia suggested, "I know it will take a very long time but maybe we should take the royal ship. I can get it well stocked and our trip will be much more pleasant than flying ourselves to death."

LaurFa was not thrilled with the idea of taking a slow ship given the nature of the situation but decided to see what everypony else thought. She sighed, "Very well, we shall do this by a vote. Everypony in favor of going by ship raise your hooves."

LaurFa would not be thrilled when she saw that everypony raised their hooves. She threw her hooves up in the air and sighed, "Very well." She pointed her wing at Galaxia and Cosmos and said, "Well you better get your ship stocked for two weeks at least for the five of us."

The two nodded and headed to stock the ship. Once they had left LaurFa decided to see why the Royal Pony Sisters would choose such an inefficient way of traveling. She asked, "Celestia, Luna, why is it that you don't care that it will take forever for us to get to Neigh Zealand when flying would be so much quicker?"

Celestia knew about LaurFa's less than pleasant trip from Faustica to Equestria. She asked in return, "LaurFa, if I remember correctly you had to fly to Equestria in a rather nasty storm and it took you a lot longer than it normally would have."

Luna added, "And it is far longer from here to Neigh Zealand and none of us want to have to fly in nasty storms."

After doing a minute of thinking, LaurFa realized that everypony made a point when it came to the distance flying. She commented, "You do make a point Celestia. I remember that trip from Faustica and I suppose I'm in such a hurry that my unpleasant journey didn't even cross my mind."

Both nodded in agreement when Galaxia and Cosmos returned. LaurFa felt bad over how she had reacted earlier and apologized, "I would like to apologize to you two. Celestia helped me realize that flying that far for that long would not be in our best interests." She focused more on Galaxia and continued, "So how long will it be until the ship is ready?"

Galaxia replied, "Give it a couple hours and it should be ready. For now though I think we should just sit back and relax."

Two hours had passed and the ship was finally ready to set sail. Galaxia and Cosmos returned once the ship was stocked. Galaxia announced, "Alright everypony, the ship is ready, let's get going. We have a long voyage ahead of us."

Everypony nodded and they headed towards the ship. As they stepped on board, Cosmos got a case of the shivers and LaurFa noticed this. She asked, "Cosmos, what is wrong? What was up with you shivering?"

Cosmos replied, "I don't know, I just have a bad feeling about this voyage. I have a bad feeling that a great terror awaits us."

LaurFa said, "Well hopefully everything will be fine. If things start to get bad, we can just get under the deck and ride it out."

Cosmos replied, "I certainly hope so."

Once the ship left port, most everypony began to casually chit-chat and talk about the future and about how they are certain that if Colgate tried anything, that together every world leader would be able to take her on, bring her down and end the chances of Colgate causing any harm to the world.

Cosmos on the other hoof, couldn't help but wonder if the others were too laid back to things that could happen. He knew of Colgate's powers, he remembered the super storm that she summoned so long ago against her enemies. He also knew that her magic was much better now and that anything was possible.