Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Preparing the Troops

Colgate had been watching the events that unfolded in Faustica after she and Dark Night had slaughtered a good portion of the population. What made her happiest though was the fact that the royal family was heading home. This gave her an idea, an idea that she believed would completely crush the will of her foes so she took off from her balcony down to the base to not only notify her forces of her plans, but to duplicate some of them so she could wipe an entire nation, a nation that was older than Equestria itself, off the map.

When she landed down at the base in front of her troops who were engaging in a normal military exercise, she had a huge smile on her face. The first to notice this was Dark Night, "Colgate, what's up with the smile."

"General," she then turned to her regular troops and continued, "troops, the time has come. The time has come to crush the will of that royal family that distrusts us." She raised her voice and continued, "The time has come to wipe Unicornia off the map!"

Her troops began to cheer wildly until her other general, Lightning Storm expressed some concern, "Colgate, there are likely many of them but so few of us! How are we going to pull this off?"

Colgate was initially annoyed by the question but then remembered that it had been ages since she had cast a duplication spell so she held her irritation, "General, just like it was in the past, I shall cast the duplication spell on the hoof soldiers enough times that we will easily outnumber them and easily drive their kind to extinction."

Again they began to cheer until Dark Night brought up one very important thing, "Colgate, that will help but we can't use our magic in Unicornia. Outside of you, no outsider can do so there."

Colgate remembered the spell and replied, "Don't worry general, I know the spell Ruby used on me. I will cast it, we will all still have our magic and we can accomplish the task at hand." She then pointed at her troops and continued, "Hoof soldiers, I need you all to gather together so I can duplicate you." Something then crossed her mind, something that would make things easier, "Before I cast the duplication spell on you, I will cast the spell so you can use your magic in Unicornia. It will make my life much easier."

They all gathered closer together and Colgate flared her horn up and prepared to cast the spell until a changeling drone spoke up, "But what about the duplicates? Will they be able to use their magic or will you have to cast the spell on them too?"

Colgate rolled her eyes in frustration and sighed, "The duplicates are exact copies so they will be able to use their powers there." She wanted to hurry up and get things done so they could head out so she flared her horn up again, grabbed them all in her aura and began to speak,

"The outsider can not use her magic which is quite tragic,....." She then stopped and said, "Wait, I can tell by the way this is worded that I will have to cast it in Unicornia! I can not cast it here because none of you are outsiders!"

This did cause some of her forces to be concerned, Dark Night in particular, "Colgate, so we are going to have to go in with you being the only one able to use your magic at first?"

"Yes," Colgate replied, "But with the powers I have and my sabre, they won't cause us any problems." She got a large smile on her face and continued, "Besides, they are just ordinary unicorns with average powers so they are no match for me!"

Dark Night then had another question, "So how many of us will be going? What kind of army will you be taking with you?"

Colgate replied, "You along with one changeling drone and one dark Alicorn soldier. Once we arrive there and I wipe out their top general, I can cast the proper spells on you and then we can slay them all."

Lightning Storm asked, "So I take it you want me to stay at home and hold down the fort with the rest of the soldiers?"

Colgate replied, "That is correct." She then turned to Dark Night and ordered, "General, grab a hoof soldier and a drone and let's get going. I want to make sure and get this done before they return."

"Yes ma'am." replied Dark Night.

The Death of Unicornia

Once Dark Night had grabbed one of each type of soldier, Dark Night had grabbed his sword and Colgate had grabbed her sabre, they all took off towards the west. Dark Night knew what to expect out of the trip but the hoof soldiers who had never been on such a quest before were unsure as to what their leader's plans were. As they continued their trip west, Colgate's smile continued to get bigger as she couldn't wait to spill blood. She had initially just planned on slaughtering every last Unicornian but then other plans began to cross her mind, plans that would bring about a lot more joy to her.

After a couple hours of flying, they saw the hilly region of the Everfree Forest and Colgate pointed her wing down, "Land here, we're almost there." Once they landed Colgate continued, "Be on the look out, they have soldiers that patrol these hills. If we encounter then, we must slay them."

Her soldiers nodded and Colgate began to lead them towards the portal. Dark Night and the regular soldiers hoped that they would not encounter the ponies patrolling the area but Colgate wanted to. She knew that the only way to drive Ruby's kind to extinction was to encounter them and slay them. Much to Colgate's delight, it would not be long until they were all surrounded and had spears pointed at them. One of the ponies yelled, "Freeze!"

Another questioned, "Who are you and what are you doing in these hills."

Colgate ordered, "Slaughter them, kill them all!"

The regular soldiers began to burn them with energy while Colgate and Dark Night took their blades to them. While Dark Night was stabbing them with his sword, Colgate took off after the leader of the patrol and beheaded him. When she got back to the scene of the attack, she was delighted to see that all had been killed except one, one that had been covered in ooze. Colgate stood over the soldier and laughed, "Well, well, well, what do we have here?"

The soldier was terrified by what he saw. He had never seen Colgate before and what he saw absolutely terrified him. He asked, "Who-who are you?"

Colgate kicked him in the head and sneered, "I am one who was once one of your leaders' allies, I was once one who she trusted."

The soldier had heard Ruby speak of how at one time she could trust Colgate but that was no longer the case. He asked, "Wait a minute, you're Colgate aren't you?" He realized that he simply couldn't be terrified of the pony who stood over him anymore, "You're the one who turned against Ruby aren't you?"

Colgate laughed, "My my, aren't you the smart one." She again kicked him and continued, "What a shame I don't have more time to talk." She levitated him, swung her sabre, cut his head off and continued, "Come on troops, lets get into Unicornia, I can cast the proper spells and then we can take care of the task at hand."

In unison her troops shouted, "Yes ma'am!"

Colgate led them through the portal and as they crossed, outside of Colgate, they felt a slight tingling sensation and they were no longer able to use their magic. Once they were all the way through, Colgate led them into a more open area. Luckily for them, there were no citizens in sight. Colgate ordered them to all stand together, grabbed them in her aura and recited,

"The outsider can not use her magic which is quite tragic,
It is knowledge that they seek but with no magic they are meek
This is something that can not be because it is truth that they must see
Now their abilities they can use and their power they shall not refuse."

The magic flowed from her horn and into the soldiers. Almost immediately, they were able to use their magic. Colgate gave them a smile and then ordered, "Dark Night, join me up here because only the ordinary soldiers are to be duplicated."

Once Dark Night joined her up in front, she grabbed the soldiers in her aura and cast an old spell but an effective spell,

"From one to two, two to four and so much more. When one is simple mere, more shall appear."

When Colgate cast the spell, like it had for over twenty millennia, the size of her forces doubled. For her, this was not enough so she continued to cast the spell until she had over fifty of each type of soldier. Once she was satisfied with their numbers she gave her orders, "Changeling soldiers, I want you to cover them in ooze. Dark Alicorn soldiers, I want you to burn them with your energy." She then turned to Dark Night and continued, "And you know the drill, right?"

Dark Night gave her a smile, "You bet I do."

Colgate turned around, pointed her sabre towards the city and yelled, "Charge! Slay them all! Leave none alive!"

Colgate and her troops stormed in and almost immediately panic began to spread among the civilians. They were running around in terror as dark Alicorns were firing energy at them, changelings were covering them in ooze and Dark Night had begun to stab them. Colgate however, took off to the base and readied herself to not only slay her enemies but to have to face armed soldiers.

When the soldiers saw a large, dark Alicorn swooping down towards them, one of them would keep his composure, General Blazing Glory. He ordered to his troops, "Bring her down, shoot her down!"

Colgate noticed that they had drawn their arrows and at that moment she realized she had made a huge mistake, she did not cast an armor spell on her troops or herself. At that point though she knew that she couldn't simply fly off and cast one, she had a base full of soldiers that she knew she had to take down before they could go and try to save the civilians.

The soldiers fired on her and Colgate was able to dodge every arrow but one. One hit her in the gut and she fell to the ground. The soldiers had a feeling that this was their chance to take down the invader but would be stopped when Colgate encircled herself in a ball and then had it explode, shoving them all backwards. She ripped the arrow out of her abdomen and began to fly around, swooping down and cutting a soldier's head off with each swing of her sabre.

The soldiers who were still alive rushed to grab their bows but would be stopped when Colgate would strike them with a bolt of energy and then fly down and behead them. Eventually the remaining soldiers had gone into a panic and were easy prey for their foe. Once Colgate had killed all but one of them, she decided she would confront the remaining one, General Blazing Glory, before taking care of him.

When Colgate landed in front of him, he was in a state of fear. Never before had he been scared of anything but the large, dark blue Alicorn in front of him unnerved him. At first he was unsure as to who it was but then he saw the two things that still gave Colgate away, her cutie mark and given that her mane and tail were still mostly the same color, those also gave her away. He asked, "Supreme Commander Colgate, why? Why would you do this?"

Colgate grabbed him in her aura and snarled, "Because the king and queen of this place distrusted me! They distrusted me over something as simple as taking a couple of relics for safe keeping!"

Ruby had spoke to her general on multiple occasions about the situation and sought advice so he knew some about the situation, "Colgate, everypony had good reason to distrust you! You ate the dark goddess's heart, you fused Grogar's collar into you, you took an even darker relic with you and now you have fused an incredibly dark gem into yourself. How could they not trust you? You are pure evil now!"

Colgate snapped, "What?"

Blazing Glory continued, "Look at yourself, those relics you have in you and you've become so dark! You're nothing like you used to be."

Colgate levitated her sabre to where it was level with the general's neck and laughed, "That's right, I'm not like I used to be. Back in the old days, I was sweet and didn't have nearly the power I should have had." She moved her sabre closer to his throat and continued, "But now, I have been perfected! The powers I have are greater than anypony in the history of not just this miserable world, but the whole universe."

Blazing Glory yelled, "You more powerful than Ruby, nev......."

Before he could finish his sentence, Colgate swung her sabre and beheaded him. She let the body drop and then something began to cross her mind, an even better way to pound the point home to the royal family that they should never have distrusted her. She grabbed a spear she saw nearby, planted it into the ground and then forced Blazing Glory's head on it. She looked straight into its eyes and laughed, "Now you be sure and tell Ruby and White Magick that I wish them well, alright!"

She then grabbed his corpse in her aura and headed towards the palace. What she saw would please her for the most part. While she had lost a few changeling drones, the rest of her army was alive and well and had slaughtered every single Unicornian citizen. Colgate began to walk around and survey all the carnage with a huge smile on her face. She gave her troops a huge smile and laughed, "Well outside of Ruby and White Magick, the race of the Unicornians is no more and give it time, and they too will be gone." She planted her hoof on a corpse and continued, "And it is going to be so nice to rid the world of their kind." She looked down at the corpse and finished, "And to think, had your leaders not distrusted me, your kind would not be on the brink of extinction!"

Dark Night looked towards the direction of the exit and then at Colgate. He asked, "Well think we should get going?"

Colgate joyfully replied, "Goodness no! I'm hungry and I'm sure all of you are too." She began to eyeball the many corpses laying around and continued, "Don't worry, there is more than enough food for all of us!"

Dark Night questioned, "But what about Ruby and White Magick? What if they come and we are all caught snacking on her subjects?"

The way he said it caused Colgate to break down laughing, "Oh don't worry about that. It should still be a day and a half before they get here and besides, I am thinking when I think they are getting close, I will cast an invisibility spell on all of us!"

One of the changeling drones asked, "Why?"

Dark Night gave Colgate a smile as he knew what her reason would be. She replied, "There are two reasons. One, I want to see their reaction to seeing the last of their kind having been slaughtered and second, once they bury their son and then fly to Canterlot to scheme against us, I'm taking Blue Star's corpse."

Dark Night gasped, "Really? You're going to take his corpse?"

Colgate laughed, "Yes, I am. You really don't think I'm going to let a high level kill like that just rot do you?"

Dark Night knew how Colgate was, especially when it came to high level figures that she slaughtered and couldn't help but wonder one thing, "Colgate, if you do take it with you, will you share with me? I did aid in the attack on Faustica after all."

Colgate replied, "Of course I will share! I know I love to feast on my enemies but you aided me with the attack on Faustica so you deserve it!" She then raised her voice and continued, "Enough chit-chat everypony. Grab a body and fill up! What fun is killing somepony if you don't eat them, right?"

Her soldiers all yelled, "Here, here!"

While Colgate began to tear into Blazing Glory's corpse, her soldiers each grabbed a corpse of a random body and began to dig in. This was one of those moments where Colgate felt incredibly proud, not only had she wiped out the entire kingdom of one of her enemies but she was also able to provide every single one of her soldiers with a very filling and tasty meal. She then began to wonder how distraught her enemies would be when they saw all the death. She began to snicker to herself, "Their reactions are going to be priceless, absolutely priceless!"