Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Repairing the Rainbow of Darkness

A new morning arrived and like she had for many, many millennia the first thing Colgate did when she woke up was tap into the eye. As she began to scan the world, everything seemed to be normal until she noticed that Ruby and White Magick were approaching Faustica. She couldn't help but laugh, "Oh just wait you two. You may think you'll be safe out there but from that island, there shall be no escape from my wrath, no escape!"

She then continued to scan the world and would be pleasantly surprised when she took a look at Ridead. She saw that all the royals were going to go to Neigh Zealand by ship rather than flying. She knew that the time had come to continue with her plans to unleash terror upon then and given the time it took to sail, she knew that doing so would be easy. As she continued to monitor them, she listened in and heard Cosmos voicing his concerns about what could happen. Colgate laughed, "Oh Cosmos, you're going to face a terror alright, a terror this world has never seen before!"

After tapping into the eye, Colgate headed down to the dining hall for some breakfast. It felt odd to her, having breakfast alone instead of having her generals with her. Unlike it would have been in the past, it did not bring out any sadness in her, she did what she had to do the day before and realized that with them locked up, there would be nopony to try and talk her out of going through with her plans.

After eating a filling breakfast, Colgate knew what she had to do next. She knew that she would have to try and repair the Rainbow of Darkness before she could use it on one of the pegasi and then cast a growth spell. As she headed into the back of the archives, she immediately started looking in the absolute oldest part of the archives to see how it was created to start with.

It would not be long until she would find it and would be shocked that like it was with Grogar's collar, it was the witches of the Volcano of Gloom that created it. She said to herself, "Good grief, did those three make all the dark artifacts of the past?"

She grabbed the Rainbow and began to focus intently on the book. She read through the spell but realized that what was in there was the one to create the Rainbow, not fix it. She continued to flip through the book and found nothing. Initially she was frustrated but then realized that perhaps it would not be such a bad thing. She knew that this way, she could pour her own energy into it, make it better and have more control over it.

Like she had done with fusing the black diamond into herself and resurrecting Twilight, she took the broken relic and got a decent distance away from the tower as she did not want to cause any damage to her home. She set the relic down, grasped it in her aura and began to concentrate on what she believed would work. Eventually the words came to her,

"The pouch is broken and that can not be,
Streaks of gray and black are what everypony should see.
Darkness is what this world needs,
Yet a broken pouch can not provide the seeds.

The pouch must come to be of use once more,
With it the beasts shall return that are of long lost lore.
Now the Rainbow shall return,
And to exact revenge it shall be my turn."

She fired a bolt of energy at the pouch and it became encircled in a black orb. Once the orb dissipated, the pouch dropped to the ground and Colgate took a look at it. The pouch itself had been repaired but was the Rainbow of Darkness restored. She put the pouch around her neck, the same way that Tirac wore it and decided to find out. She looked around and saw a small rabbit off in the distance and decided to see if it had worked.

She pointed the pouch towards the rabbit and opened it. Just like it did when Tirac used it, a gray and black rainbow came from it and struck the rabbit. When Colgate closed the pouch she would be pleasantly surprised by what she saw. The rabbit had turned into an ugly little beast. Colgate soon realized that her newest creation did not have her best interests in mind as it bore its teeth and came after her.

Colgate took to the sky, grabbed the little beast in her aura and fired a powerful bolt of energy at it, blowing it apart. Colgate landed and realized that she would have to add a second spell to make whatever she used it on to make them loyal to her rather than wanting to make a meal out of her. She knew of the spells of old but believed that the creatures she would be creating would only respond to her own spells, much darker spells.

A New Creation

Once Colgate knew that the Rainbow of Darkness had been restored, she then realized that the time had come to use the Rainbow and test a loyalty and growth spell on a pegasus so the Witch Queen would have a beast to get herself out to the ship the royals were sailing on. When she got to the dungeon, she saw the Witch Queen following orders and guarding her prisoners.

As she opened one of the cells and began to drag the largest, strongest looking stallion with her. Her captives couldn't help but wonder what was going on. Rainbow yelled, "What are you doing with him? What are you going to do with that pegasus?"

Rarity added, "And Tirac's pouch, how did you fix it?"

Colgate approached them, burned them with some energy and yelled, "Do not question me! You will find out soon enough." She then approached the Witch Queen and continued, "Soon this shall be your mode of transport. Once I get done what needs to be done, you'll have your beast."

The Witch Queen hissed, "Yes Master."

Colgate nodded and grabbed the pegasus in her aura. As she was carrying him outside he began to yell, "What are you doing with me? What do you mean I'll be that dark creature's mode of transport?"

Colgate laughed, "Oh you'll find out soon enough. For now though, just enjoy your last moments of imperfection."

The pegasus continued to scream at Colgate as she took him out to the same place where she had cast many of her dark spells. She continued to hold him in her aura and tried her best to block out the din of his yelling while she focused on what would work for a spell to transform him into what she wanted.

She stood there for over ten minutes thinking until she felt as though she had the right spell. Given that she already had the pegasus with her, she knew that she simply couldn't set him down and try it out on another creature. She cast her gaze at her captive and said to herself, "Well here goes nothing."

She intensified her hold on him and recited,

"The pony is currently loyal to none,
That is something that simply can not be done.
His loyalty to me is a must,
Without it all shall be a bust.

His loyalty now belongs to me,
Yet his size must be large for all to see.
A large beast is what he shall be,
One which is loyal to me and only me."

She opened the pouch and fired a bolt of energy at the pegasus. She would be pleasantly surprised as she saw him transform from a regular pony into a beast that was large, very large. She approached the beast and closely inspected it. She patted it on the nose and said, "You'll be perfect, absolutely perfect." She flew up on its back and ordered, "To the tower, your primary rider awaits."

The beast took off and it did not take long for it to arrive at the tower where Colgate would order, "Land here."

The beast did as ordered and Colgate headed into the tower to get her other creation, the creation that would ride the beast. She headed to the dungeon, grabbed her and ordered her up to her chambers. Once she arrived, she tapped into the eye to see exactly where her enemies were. After focusing on them for a minute, she projected two images in front of the Witch Queen.

She pointed to the first one, a map. She said, "This area right here should be where they will be by the time you reach that area." She then pointed to the other, "You see this pony, the one with two bright stars on his flank? That is the one I want you to acquire and bring him back unspoiled." She then laughed, "After we get all the information from him we can, then your new companion shall have a tasty meal."

The Witch Queen asked, "Tasty meal?"

Colgate pointed her wing downstairs and said, "Yes. Now follow me and you shall meet this companion."

She followed Colgate downstairs and then outside where she would meet her new companion and was impressed. Colgate approached the beast and said, "This is the Witch Queen of Marentreal. She shall be your Master when I am not around."

The beast growled in approval. Colgate then cast her gaze at the Witch Queen and ordered, "That ship, go and attack it. That dark blue stallion, bring him to me."

The Witch Queen nodded, mounted her new companion and took off to the southeast. Colgate couldn't help but smile as she saw this. She wasn't sure exactly how long it would take but knew that her creations would easily reach the ship before it reached its destination. She also knew that she would have the other five ready when she returned so she could begin planning for the ultimate attack, the attack that would bring her foes to their knees begging for mercy.