Terror in Equestria 11: Death and Destruction

Two days had passed and the day that Celestia and her forces were set to attack had arrived. Colgate had been anxiously awaiting the moment that was about to arrive for a very long time. She headed to her balcony but then realized one thing, she needed to get her armor on and grab her sabre. Once she had that taken care of, she headed to the base.

When she arrived, she addressed the troops, "Alright troops, the day has come. The day has come that we can finally end the violence that has plagued this world for the past twenty millennia, the day has arrived that peace can finally be restored and this planet can be unified under a single banner once more!" She raised her voice and continued, "The banner it should have been a long, long time ago!"

The soldiers began to cheer until Colgate noticed that her two generals were not ready. She pointed to them and ordered, "Generals, you need to get your armor on and grab your swords." She then turned to the rest of her army and ordered, "And the rest of you, follow me. The time to duplicate you has come."

The soldiers followed her to an area that was much more open, an area that would have enough room to accommodate the number of soldiers that would be needed. One thing Colgate was hoping for was that the new spell she had written wouldn't have to be cast multiple times like the older, simpler spell did. Once all the troops had gathered in one place she ordered, "Alright troops, stand still."

The troops did as ordered, Colgate flared up her horn and recited,

"With only one
we are certainly done,
Multiplying them is a must
Otherwise our mission will be a bust.

More and more forces there must be
For it is terror in our foes we want to see,
With so few it is us who could suffer a loss
With many we can show our foes who is boss.

With many many soldiers it is their blood we shall spill
Lots and lots of foes they shall kill,
Strength in numbers shall cause us to prevail
With my huge army our enemies are guaranteed to fail."

Once she finished the spell, a bolt of energy spread out from her horn and encircled the troops. Unlike the past spell where the duplication was immediate, this one took a couple of minutes but Colgate would be thrilled when she saw what had happened. What was a grand total of fifty of each type of soldier had transformed into five thousand of each. She had a huge smile on her face and said, "Very well troops, now we wait for them to charge."

She then decided to speak to a couple of the changelings to take care of what she thought might break Celestia psychologically. She approached Lighting Storm and asked, "You remember what Twilight Sparkle looked like when she was good?"

Lightning Storm nodded and immediately took on her form. Colgate smiled and said, "Alright, now I need one of the other changeling soldiers to take on that form."

The changeling standing closest to Lightning Storm immediately took on the form of Twilight Sparkle. Colgate said, "Good, very good." She then turned to Lightning Storm and ordered, "You may return to your own form now."

Lightning Storm did as ordered and Colgate pulled the "Twilight" to the side and said, "Alright, listen to me, I need to tell you some things about our primary foe, Princess Celestia."

The changeling replied, "I'm listening."

Colgate began, "Long ago, Princess Twilight Sparkle was the protege of Princess Celestia and the two were very close. They were almost like mother and daughter. Over the millennia they have had turbulent times, being both friend and foe but right before Twilight's final corruption, they were close and Twilight thought of Celestia as almost a protector, a protector from me."

The changeling asked, "So do you want me to hide behind her?"

Colgate replied, "No but I do want you to approach her looking innocent and loving. I know that if you do that, you'll be able to rattle her and then she will be easy to wipe out."

The changeling had never seen Celestia before and asked, "So what does this Princess Celestia look like?"

Colgate replied, "She is a solid white Alicorn with a multi-colored mane and tail with a sun cutie mark. The moment you see her when they begin their attack, approach her, address her by name and hug her."

"That I shall do." replied the changeling.

"Good." Colgate replied. She then approached her riders and asked, "Are you three ready for this?"

In unison they hissed, "Yes Master."

She gave them a stern look and replied, "You better be." Her voice became more stern as she continued, "I want you to go after the leaders BUT remember, Ruby Heart is mine. I am going to be the one to kill her, not you and not one of the soldiers."

"Yes Master." they hissed.

Colgate then headed back to her army and ordered, "Now we wait. Our enemies will likely be coming before too long."

Something then crossed Colgate's mind, they would need an armor spell to protect themselves from the enemy's magic. She mounted her beast and ordered, "Surround me, all of you. I need to cast an armor spell on us."

Her whole army replied, "Yes Ma'am!"

Once they had all gathered around her, her horn began to glow a dark gray and a black bulb formed at the end of it as she recited,

"Into battle we are about to head,
Everything must be just right so we can come out ahead.
Our enemies possess a power of great might,
That is something that we must keep in sight.

A great armor is a must,
For without it our quest will be nothing but a bust.
The armor we shall possess shall be great,
It shall be so great we can destroy all hate."

Once she recited the spell, a ball of energy spread out and the energy was absorbed by her entire army along with the beasts and the riders. She gave her troops a smile and said, "And now we wait."

Dark Night asked, "So are we going to wait for them to charge us?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, we are. They know that we are waiting on them and I feel that by letting them attack first, they will get overconfident and we can easily slay them."

Colgate and her forces then stood there, ready for the attack that was about to be unleashed upon them. They knew that Celestia would be bringing a large army but with Colgate as their commander, they believed that they would prevail.

While Colgate was making her final preparations, Princess Celestia and her forces were readying themselves for battle. After a filling breakfast and drinking plenty of water Celestia began, "Alright everypony, today is the day that will determine the fate of this world. If we win, harmony can finally return to this world but if we fail, everypony will suffer under the rule of Colgate."

Her troops appeared nervous and gave her no response. Her sister would though. She approached her and whispered, "Sister, I think you could have said that better. They appear to be nervous rather than rallied up and I'm sure Colgate has her troops fired up."

Celestia replied, "Well I'm sorry. That was just the first thing that came to my mind." She then pointed her wing skywards and added, "Everypony, follow me. The time has come, the time to march into victory has come!"

This got the troops fired up and they began to cheer as they followed Celestia and the other leaders into the sky. Celestia had seen a place when they first went to the forest that she believed would be a good place to do all the transformations and duplications, a ridge roughly a mile west of the black tower.

When they landed, Celestia looked off to the east and was in a state of shock with what she saw. Not only did she see that Colgate had a huge army and had three riders with beasts, but she saw Colgate's much larger beast, one that was probably twice the size of what she could transform the pegasi into. At that moment she realized that while she knew it would not be easy, she knew that this would be a matter of having to slay Colgate's beast early if they were to win.

She turned to her fellow leaders and pointed her wing towards the tower. She said, "Luna, LaurFa and Ruby, we must kill Colgate's beast as soon as possible. The longer that thing stays alive, the worse things will be."

"Sister," Luna replied, "I know you have taken those kinds of things down before but that is twice the size of the others."

Celestia gave her a glare, "I know it will be more difficult than the others but now, we must duplicate the forces and enlarge the pegasi." She then turned to the Alicorn soldiers and ordered, "Stand still."

The soldiers did as ordered. Celestia lit up her horn, grasped them in her aura and recited,

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

Once she finished the spell, what was one hundred soldiers became two hundred. She knew that would still not be nearly enough, especially given that the army they were facing was likely in excess of ten thousand along with the large beasts and Colgate. She grasped them in her aura and duplicated them again and again until she had well in excess of ten thousand soldiers. She gave her suddenly huge army a smile and said, "Now this is more like it." She turned to the five pegasi soldiers and continued, "And now for the five of you." She pointed her wing to the left and ordered, "Gather a good distance off to my left and stand a decent distance apart."

The soldiers did as ordered and Celestia readied herself to cast the spell that she believed would at least level the playing field if not give them the advantage. She lit up her horn, grasped them in her aura and recited,

"The ponies are one of us,
That is something that is a must.
Their loyalty to our cause is great,
Without it all that could be spread is hate.

Their aid will improve our chances much,
Yet their size must be large for this to be such.
[i}Large ponies are what they shall be,
Ones which will bring about victory for all to see."

Once she cast the spell, the five pegasi became circled in bright balls of light and began to increase in size. Celestia put a bit more power into this spell so that they would be a bit larger than the beasts Colgate's riders had. Once the transformation was done she ordered, "Luna, Ruby, LaurFa, mount one of them."

The three did as ordered and given that there were five large pegasi, Celestia pointed to one of the highest ranking soldiers and ordered, "You too, mount one of them."

"Yes your Majesty."

Celestia mounted her pegasus and realized that one more thing needed to be done, an armor spell. She ordered, "Alright everypony, gather around me."

The troops did as ordered. Celestia grasped her army in her aura and recited,

"The ones without armor do not stand a chance, so it is what we must enhance, the unarmed ones will likely receive death, with armor they shall continue to draw breath, without armor they will be torn to shreds like a rag but with armor victory is in the bag."

Energy immediately shot out of her horn and was absorbed by her forces. Celestia knew then that her army would be ready for battle and would be able to not only take a lot of hits but also knew that any changeling ooze would deflect off of them and hopefully cover Colgate's dark Alicorns in it.

Celestia stood before what she believed was an army that she could prevail with and exclaimed, "Now this is more like it! With all of us, Colgate doesn't stand a chance!" All soldiers began to cheer as Celestia continued, "Today, we shall transform the plain outside the black tower into the graveyard of the dark forces!"

The troops began to cheer louder and louder, chanting Celestia's name. Celestia had a huge smile on her face knowing that she had rallied her soldiers to the point that things such as nervousness would not be a problem. At that moment she was sure that victory was certain.