Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Three days had passed since LaurFa sacrificed her goddess powers to save Celestia and she finally felt as though she would be ready to depart so they could travel to Neigh Zealand. As the sun rose that morning, she was the first to rise. She was full of energy and was ready to get going so she woke everypony else up and said, "Come on everypony, lets eat and get going. I want us to get a good start before it gets too warm."

Galaxia and her daughters were less than thrilled over the idea, especially given that their ship had been destroyed when the Witch Queen attacked them. Galaxia sat up and asked, "How, our ship was destroyed."

LaurFa sighed, "Look, I know it isn't going to be pleasant and we will have to take a specific path but we will just have to fly the same way ponies with much stronger wings do, the way Colgate would if she didn't have that time spell of hers."

The three groaned but got up and followed LaurFa out of the cave and began to gorge themselves on the berries that grew on the bushes. They did not have a one track mind as they did this though. They knew that the island had Tatzlwurms living on it and had to be on a constant watch to make sure that none of them wound up like Cosmos.

After finishing their meal, they took to the sky and LaurFa pointed her wing towards the southeast and ordered, "Follow me. I know a path that will lead us over plenty of islands so we can stop for meals and stop to rest tonight."

The three nodded and followed LaurFa. Despite being not too far to the south of the equator, conditions were quite comfortable and they had a good tail wind pushing them along. This allowed them to move along much quicker without working their wings too hard which was a relief for all four of them.

After two days of flying and the temperatures slowly dropping the further south they headed, they finally saw Neigh Zealand on the horizon. LaurFa shouted back, "We're almost there ladies! I can see the islands."

The three gave her a nod of relief and it would not be long until they reached the capitol city of Prancington. As they were flying over the city and arrived at the palace, they saw that Blue Star was out leading a military exercise, ones similar to those that he has led ever since he became king.

He halted the exercise when he saw shadows flying overhead. He lit up his horn and yelled, "Who is it that flies over my palace?"

The four landed down in front of him and LaurFa replied, "It is us. We have come to tell you that the time has come. We have come to tell you that the enemy has begun her attack."

Blue Star gasped, "Colgate has begun her attack?" He then noticed that some ponies that should be with them were absent. He pointed his wing toward them and continued, "Where are mom and dad? Where is Cosmos?"

LaurFa replied, "Your mother and father took flight to Faustica along with Scootaloo......"

Blue Star lit his horn up in anger and yelled, "Scootaloo? Why would that tyrannical little spy go with them?"

LaurFa replied, "Scootaloo has turned on Colgate but speaking of Colgate and the reason why Cosmos is not with us, it is something much more serious."

Galaxia added, "I don't know how she did it but Colgate has not only created a giant flying beast but she has also resurrected Twilight, corrupted her beyond repair and has made her one of her minions."

Blue Star asked, "She did what? She resurrected Twilight and has created huge beasts."

Galaxia replied, "Yes."

Celestia added, "And we know that she is Colgate's minion because not only is her cutie mark inside a much larger one of Colgate's, but she, who now goes by the name of The Witch Queen of Marentreal, also told us that she is a servant of Colgate, The Goddess of Terror."

This was something that caused Blue Star's pupils to shrink. He knew that this was going to be something that would require a vast amount of planning given that Colgate's powers had bested Twilight's for a very long time. He pointed his wing towards the castle and ordered, "Follow me to the throne room. I want you to tell me everything you know so that perhaps we can defeat this new evil goddess."

The five headed into the throne room and continued their discussion. While Blue Star knew that from what they told her, that some sort of plan would need to be taken. He gave LaurFa a curious look and asked, "LaurFa, I remember you discussed something about more Alicorn gems, gems that would allow us to spy on Colgate. Have you come up with any idea where they are?"

LaurFa replied, "Actually yes. I read about their location in a prophecy book and as it turns out, they do indeed exist."

This brought a sigh of relief to Blue Star, "Good. We can use these to keep an eye on the enemy and monitor her every move. We shall see to it that she is not the only one who can spy upon this world."

LaurFa got a sick look on her face as she replied, "Well that is not going to be possible. Before she betrayed her, Scootaloo informed Colgate about the possibility of Alicorn gems." She saw a look of anger building in Blue Star's eyes and continued, "That isn't the worst of our problems. The prophecy book I read about them in also mentioned a black diamond that would give its bearer dark powers and when I explored the cave, it had been stolen along with the rest of them."

Blue Star threw his hooves up in the air, "Great, just great. Now not only will we have no way to spy on her but now she is in possession of something that will give her even more power?" She raised his voice and yelled, "Well this is just dandy."

The four were getting a bit nervous over how upset Blue Star was getting and while they did not wish to anger him further, LaurFa knew that she had to tell him about the attack and what she had to sacrifice. She patted him on the shoulder and said, "Blue Star, I know you are upset but other things happened on that trip that will make defeating Colgate even harder."

Blue Star, still angry, snapped, "You told me about the corrupted the Witch Queen and the huge beast already." He took a deep breath and continued, "What else? What else is going to make this more difficult."

LaurFa replied, "Well in that attack Celestia was stabbed by a cursed blade that the Witch Queen was carrying. Where Colgate got that thing I'm not sure but I have a bad feeling that she has been doing a great deal of traveling, traveling to places of pure evil."

Celestia continued, "And I wound up getting stabbed by the Witch's blade and it took everything LaurFa had to save me."

Blue Star began to look closer at LaurFa and while at first he didn't think anything about it, he noticed that she no longer had the same regal appearance that she had before. His eyes grew wide as he asked, "What all did it take to save Celestia? You didn't sacrifice......."

LaurFa interrupted, "Yes, I sacrificed my immortality and creator goddess powers to save her."

Blue Star's jaw dropped open he was so shocked by what she had done. While he did know that LaurFa would never lie about such a thing but also realized that now they had no pony with goddess tier powers to face off against a wicked pony who has those kinds of powers. He sighed, "What are we going to do now? We have nopony that has goddess tier......"

Luna interrupted, "Wait a minute. What about Brevity Thrash?" She turned to LaurFa and continued, "Do you think you could contact her? Do you think you could try and contact your sister?"

LaurFa had an uncertain look on her face, "Without my goddess powers I don't know. I can try but there are no guarantees." She raised her voice and continued, "So when do you want me to try and do this? When do you want me to try and contact her?"

Blue Star replied, "The sooner the better."

LaurFa suggested, "Very well then. We shall head outside and I will attempt to contact her."

The five left the throne room and proceeded to head outside. While Blue Star was just as certain as ever that LaurFa would be able to do this, she had her doubts. Once they got out in the open, LaurFa said, "Well here goes nothing." She then began to flash her horn in a way that would send the message that Brevity was needed and that it was urgent.