Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Colgate had been watching the events unfolding in Canterlot and was not one bit thrilled. Her blood began to boil when she saw that not only did the Royal Pony Sisters have dark magic books hidden away but the fact that Celestia could actually transform pegasi into creatures that were almost the size of her beasts infuriated her. What angered her further was the fact that unlike the beasts she created, that Celestia's could speak, that hers were more intelligent.

"Damn it, damn it!" Colgate screamed as she saw Celestia transform a pegasus into a larger creature.

Colgate began screaming and yelling so loud that it was easily heard down at the base. Her yells quickly caught the attention of her troops and like he often does when Colgate got like this, Dark Night quickly flew up to her balcony. When he arrived he saw Colgate with her horn flared up and kicking holes in the wall. He knew that she needed to be calmed down, "Colgate, calm down!"

While she heard it and replied, her yells did not stop, "Damn it Dark Night, Celestia knows my kind of magic! She transformed a pegasus into something big."

Dark Night again requested that she calm down. Once she did he asked, "Wait a minute, you mean to tell me that Celestia actually knows dark magic? You mean to tell me that she created something the size of our beasts?"

While Colgate had calmed down, she was still agitated. She snapped, "Yes and the damn things can speak."

"They can speak?" gasped Dark Night

Colgate replied, "Yes they can speak. As I was watching, they were having a normal conversation with it. They were reassuring it when it began asking about hunger being that big."

When Dark Night heard this, he became more curious. He asked, "Ok, you said she turned it into something big and that it can speak. What I am curious about is how did she do it? What did it look like when she cast the spell?"

Colgate replied, "Well at first she tried casting the spell from the book the way it should be cast, using dark magic but she failed. She then put her own magic into it and changed the words into something that didn't involve forced loyalty." Colgate suddenly became more positive and continued, "Wait a minute, if she put her magic into those things, they will experience normal emotions! They will not be like mine, they will have the fatal flaws of getting hungry" she then got a huge smile on her face and continued, "and they will feel fear!"

Dark Night nodded and asked, "So what now? What are your plans knowing they can create these things?"

Colgate headed out to her balcony and replied, "It is time to summon the remaining riders." She then got a more sinister grin and continued, "And when they begin their march here, I shall make Scootaloo useful, her time to aid me in my quest has come."

"So when do you plan on summoning the riders?" asked Dark Night

"Now." Colgate replied.

She then headed out to the very edge of her balcony and began to flash her horn, sending the summons. "Hear me my minions, the time for you to return to the tower has come. The time to destroy our enemies has come." She then raised her voice and added, "Return to the tower or else."

Once Colgate finished with the summons, she immediately tapped into the eye to make sure that her creations would answer the call. The first place she zeroed in on was the Crystal Empire to make sure that what was once Pinkamena answered.

In the Crystal Empire it was a normal day, well normal for what it was at that point. Pinkamena was watching over the citizens, all of whom had been corrupted, and was playing with the crystal heart. She was tossing it up and down in the air cackling until she saw something black flashing to the south. She then began to hear the message in her head. She hissed, "Ugh, really Colgate? You want me to return to that boring no fun tower?" She then heard the last part of the message and knew that she had best get going.

One thing she was not sure about though was what to do with the crystal heart but then she realized that it would likely make Colgate very happy if she took it with her and froze the Empire over. Once she made that decision, she took the heart with her, mounted her beast and hissed, "To the black tower."

They took off and the moment they left the Empire, the arctic reclaimed it. As Colgate was watching this, she had a huge smile on her face. She began to laugh, "What a shame Scootaloo wasn't here to see this." She paused for a moment and continued, "Oh well, I'll just take that Crystal Heart down to the dungeon and show it to her! She'll know her pathetic subjects are as good as dead when she sees it!"

In Maredrid, what was once Applejack was out mingling with the citizens, who surprisingly were still ponies. Because of their loyalty for the most part and easily buying into her lie about Queen Luna, they were having causal conversations with her despite her unnerving appearance. Soon though those conversations would stop when one of the citizens saw a black orb flashing in the west. He pointed his hoof to the west and asked, "Applejack, what is that?"

Another asked, "We're not under attack are we?"

Applejack could hear Colgate's words in her head but knew that she couldn't say anything that would bring about suspicion. Like she had been doing ever since she had been corrupted, she lied. "Well we might be. I'm sorry y'all but I have to get going to stop this."

Applejack immediately rushed to her beast, mounted it and took off towards the tower. When Colgate saw this she was very happy. She was happy that her creation was doing an excellent job at lying and even better, bonding with what she thought would be a tough to win over populace. She said to herself, "Well two down, two to go."

In Neigh Zealand, things were not so peaceful. What was once Rainbow Dash had been flying around the country and stabbing as many ponies as she could, transforming them into minions that were completely loyal to her. Like it was with Pinkamena, she was having plenty of fun going and stabbing victims and making them loyal to her. While she was taking a reprieve after having transformed most of the nation's citizens, she saw a black orb flashing off to the north.

She knew that it was Colgate summoning the riders but a part of her really didn't want to answer the summons. She hissed, "Really, Colgate expects me to go and aid her? Forget that, I'm staying here!" She then heard the last part of the message and knew that with her powers, that Colgate could take her out of this world as quickly as she brought her into it so she mounted her beast and took off towards the tower. When Colgate saw this she said, "Well three down, one to go."

In Ridead it was the same as it was on every other day, what was once Rarity was sitting in the throne room, admiring herself in a mirror and admiring the various gems that she had collected. She watched in delight as the citizens, all of which had been corrupted by this point, were out hunting for and bringing her more gems. As it was in life, she loved her gems and she loved herself, only more so.

As one of her citizens was bringing in a cart full of gems, he saw a black orb flashing off to the west. He wasn't sure what it was but he knew that he had to tell her. As he approached her throne, he bowed and said, "Oh Almighty Queen Rarity the Magnificent, there is a black orb in the western sky. I think you need to check it out."

Rarity hissed, "Ugh, very well."

Rarity headed out onto her balcony and looked at the flashing orb. She could hear the message in her head and hissed, "No, I'm not leaving just so you can come steal my things!" She then heard the final part of the message and continued, "I know what your plan is, the moment I leave you'll have Dark Night or Lightning Storm come and steal my gems!" She headed back into the throne room and hissed, "No, I'm staying here to guard my gems!"

When Colgate saw this she went into a furious rage, "That greedy little wretch, that greedy little wretch." Her yells soon attracted Dark Night and he headed up to Colgate's chambers. When he arrived she was screaming and yelling, cursing Rarity and yelling about what her plans for her would be once she defeated LaurFa and her minions.

When Dark Night arrived he asked, "Colgate, what is wrong now? Why are you in such a rage?"

Colgate's horn was glowing a dark gray as she yelled, "The Witch of Greed has betrayed us! She has chosen to remain in Saddle Arabia and guard her precious gems over helping me, the one she is supposed to be loyal to." She stomped her hoof into the floor and screamed, "Once we crush LaurFa and her minions, I'll make sure that abomination feels unprecedented levels of pain before I purge it from this world!"

Dark Night asked, "But can these creatures even feel pain?"

Colgate broke down into a sadistic laugh, "Oh this one will once I get a hold of it and its cries of pain will be priceless, completely priceless."

Colgate was very angry that what was once Rarity would betray her over something as menial as gems but then something crossed her mind. She knew that with there going to be one less beast, that something would need to be done to make up for it. Then it hit her, she would need to transform Scootaloo into something larger, something worthy for The Goddess of Terror to be riding, something truly terrifying.