Terror in Equestria 5: One Thousand Years Later

by StormLuna

Important Preparations

Five days had passed since Twilight and her envoy arrived in Neigh Zealand. Since their arrival, they had been feasting on apples, mutton, oats and drinking plenty of cider. Shining Armor was starting to think that they should be departing for Faustica. He looked at Twilight and said, "Twily, we have been here for five days. When do you think we should be leaving?"

Twilight glared at her brother and said, "Look big brother, if you are wanting to leave immediately, it isn't happening. We still need to get enough food on our ship for the voyage to Faustica, which could take anywhere between 10-14 days."

Shining Armor, while he knew his sister was the pony in charge, was not thrilled with the way she talked to him. He growled, "Look sis, I just want us to get through the tropical areas of the ocean before the height of hurricane season starts. You know how powerful hurricanes can be in the Pegasus Ocean this time of year."

Twilight replied, "Yes big brother, I do. Ok, I will start having our ships stocked with food and water immediately and we will leave after breakfast the day after tomorrow. How does that sound to you?"

Shining Armor sighed and replied, "Well alright little sis. That will work just fine."

LaurFa interrupted, "You know what Shining Armor? It better work because Twily is our leader and what she says goes."

Twilight walked over to where her dark Alicorn officers were discussing the upcoming voyage and was very happy that they were planning ahead. She said, "Well guys, I am glad to see that you are already planning for the next leg of our journey. I need you guys to start stocking the ships with food and water. We will be leaving for Faustica the day after tomorrow after breakfast."

General Dark Hooves replied, "Alright Twily, we got you covered. Do you want us to get Black Lightning, Green Dust and some of the other soldiers here to help?"

Twilight replied, "Yes, I do. It could take us up to two weeks to get to Faustica from here. The weather can be very unpredictable this time of year in the Pegasus Ocean."

Twilight headed off to the throne room to clear her mind as her officers headed to the training yards to grab the help they would need to prepare for the upcoming journey.

Dark Hooves approached Black Lightning and Green Dust with a stern look on his face. He motioned for them to come over to him and said, "Look guys, we will be leaving her the day after tomorrow. We need to stock the ship with apples, oats and plenty of water. Do you think you could get some of your soldiers to wash out the empty cider bottles around here and then fill them with water?"

Black Lightning asked, "Yes we can but who will handle the apples and oats?"

Dark Hooves replied, "I along with Twily's other officers will handle those. We aren't the ones to stoop down to washing out cider bottles."

Green Dust snapped, "Stoop down to washing out cider bottles? Oh, so you think you are better than the rest of us since you came here with Twilight? I hope a nasty storm hits you guys up on the way to Faustica and you wind up getting killed!"

"Whatever," grunted Dark Hooves "Just get to work. I will have no problems notifying Twilight and trust me, she will punish those who disobey orders."

Black Lightning threw his hooves up in the air and headed off to gather some soldiers to handle the issue of stocking the ship with water.

In Ponyville Colgate is watching this and is contemplating making their journey to Faustica very difficult. She heads down to Scootaloo's office. There she finds her second in command going over different battle plans depending on the direction their enemies approach from. Colgate shouts, "Scootaloo, we need to have a meeting tonight after supper. We need EVERYPONY present."

Scootaloo asked, "When you say everypony, do you mean those that are on reserve as well?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, those that are on reserve as well. I need the entire Apple family here, I need Fluttershy here, I need Rainbow Dash here, I need Pinkie Pie here....."

Before she could finish her sentence Scootaloo interrupted, "What about Rarity? Do you need her here too?"

Colgate thought this was one of the dumbest questions she had ever heard. She growled, "No Scootaloo. Remember she moved to Manehattan 500 years ago when Canterlot was being abandoned? I released her from all military duties since she would not be living here."

Scootaloo replied, "Oh yeah, I completely forgot about that."

Colgate asked, "Do you think you can go get everypony we need and bring them here? This is an important meeting tonight. While you are doing that, I am going to go notify the chefs that we will need more food prepared."

Scootaloo immediately took off to round everypony up. She first headed to Cloudsdale. She headed to Rainbow Dash's favorite cloud but she was not there. She flew all over Cloudsdale when she finally ran into Fluttershy and Brevity Thrash. She asked them, "Have either one of you seen Rainbow Dash? Colgate needs all of us there tonight for supper and an important meeting afterwards."

Brevity replied, "Brevity thinks Rainbow Dash was planning on spending the whole day in Ponyville."

Fluttershy added, "She said something about joining Pinkie Pie over at Sweet Apple Acres for some sort of cider celebration."

Scootaloo said, "Well I need you two to come with me while we go round up everypony else."

The two Alicorns replied in unison, "Well let's get going then!"

They flew down to Sweet Apple Acres to find them making cider for the upcoming sales. The only problem was that Rainbow was drinking cider almost as fast as they could make it.

Finally Granny Smith had enough of this. She shouted, "Rainbow Dash, you are going to break us doing that!"

Rainbow choked on her cider she was so startled. Once she was through coughing she asked, "What do you mean Granny Smith? Isn't there a lot of cider?"

Granny replied, "There is a lot of cider but you don't know how much it costs for us to make it through the winter. We can't grow in the cold and we do need both cider and apples to eat and drink."

Rainbow asked, "Well can't you just use your magic to create more apples to make more cider with? I know! Why don't you just make more cider with your magic? You are all Alicorns you know!"

Granny Smith smacked Rainbow over that comment. She replied, "Well of course we know we are Alicorns! But we are also Apples! Despite us having all this advanced magic, we still do thing the way we have done since we first settled Ponyville!"

Applejack added, "Ya know Rainbow, cider made by just using magic doesn't taste nearly as good as cider that is made the old fashioned way. I mean come on, remember when you tried making cider with your magic and how disgusting it was? Think about that."

Pinkie interrupted, "Yeah Dashie, you don't change something that is perfect!"

Rainbow asked, "But you are Apples and Alicorns! Wouldn't your magic make better cider?"

Applejack replied, "Rainbow, you don't......"

During their argument Scootaloo, Fluttershy and Brevity landed in front of them in the south field. Scootaloo asked, "Can I talk to all of you for a minute?"

Applejack replied, "Sure Scoots, what do you need to talk to us about?"

Scootaloo said, "Well Colgate needs everypony who is in the military reserves to come to the dark tower for supper tonight and then we are having a meeting."

Big Mac asked, "What is this meeting going to be about?"

Scootaloo replied, "Colgate didn't tell me for sure but given the timing of it, I have a feeling it involves Twilight. After all I overheard Lyra and Colgate yelling over something happening in Neigh Zealand."

Sweetie Belle asked, "Really? Are the ponies in Neigh Zealand under Twilight's control now?"

Scootaloo replied, "Look, I don't know. What I do know is that I need all of you to follow me to the tower now."

Applejack said, "Come on y'all. We don't want to keep Colgate waiting. You know what a rage she goes into if anypony isn't at least fifteen minutes early."

They all took off towards the dark tower and headed towards the dining hall. Colgate, her officers along with Lyra and Lemon Hearts were already there when they arrived. Colgate sighed and said, "Scootaloo, couldn't you guys have got here sooner? Supper starts in fifteen minutes."

Scootaloo replied, "I'm sorry Colgate, I just lost track of time."

Very soon their supper arrived. While the other ponies were used to Colgate's large meals this was the first truly huge meal that Lyra and Lemon Hearts had eaten with Colgate. Lyra said, "Wow Colgate, I never knew that you served such huge meals!"

Colgate replied, "Yep I do and I have a feeling you are going to like it much more than you do those salads you eat at the cafe."

Lemon Hearts had already began to scarf her food down. She stopped eating just long enough to say, "I love this food Colgate! It is so much better than those salads at the cafe. I'm through eating rabbit food, I want to eat hearty meals like you do!"

Lyra added, "Me too! With you feeding all of us like this, we're sure to defeat Twilight and her minions!"

Colgate replied, "I knew you would like it. Now I say we should enjoy our meal before we head to the throne room for our meeting. Oh, and don't be afraid to ask for seconds, we have plenty of food."

Author's Note:

Invisibility----"Whether it be one or a bunch of ones, nopony needs to see so that we don't have to flee, invisibility is the treat of not having to retreat."

Visibility---"The unseen shall now be seen, with their friends being present, hiding only shows resent, those who have disappeared shall now appear."

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

Banish to void--- "You have committed treason and that is not in season, you are a threat to me and I simply can not let that be, I can no longer be annoyed so you shall be cast into the void."

Loyalty spell---"From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate."

Giving drones a mind of their own---"those without a mind are in a bind, no longer shall they just be, but they will still be loyal to me, for officers they are now but they don't ask how."

Unbanish---"The one who has been banished has done their time, they are now forgiven for their crime, their time has come, now they need to contribute some, it is Equestria that they must serve or into the spiral of the void they shall curve."

Transform unicorn to Alicorn--- "The unicorn who has no wings is bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these wings they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate."

Transform multiple unicorns to Alicorns--- "The unicorns who have no wings are bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these wings they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate."

Transform Pegasus to Alicorn---"The one who can fly likes to fly free desires the powers that allow the unicorn to be, he/she wishes so much to levitate and create, rather than berate, for the winged one now has magic, without that it would be tragic."

Transform Earth Pony to Alicorn---"The pony without magic or flight is in a bind, for they feel like they have fallen behind, they work themselves to death, even to their very last breath, for now with magic and wings, great things shall be what life brings."

Increase size of pony---"The small one wishes they were tall so that they won't have to crawl, with height their future is bright and everything will be alright, for the small one is small no more, with height their happiness shall be galore."

Mature pony--"The innocent pony is unsure of who she wants to be, that may be cute but it is not what is good for me, she needs to mature if she is to be strong for without maturity she won't last for long, the naive one shall be so no more, for her maturity will carry her into lore."

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

Activate Jade Alicorn---"The jade Alicorn will help me see all, without it I might miss a brawl, while the distances are great, I can see all the hate, wisdom is what comes along with the eye so that overthrowing me nopony will try."

Hurricane spell--- "The nice weather must come to an end, for without a storm the enemy will not bend, the wind shall be strong and my enemies won't last for long, a hurricane is a must so the tyrants will sink and go bust."

Fixing spell--- "The city was devastated by a storm, which is not the norm, their suffering is great yet we can not allow normalcy to be late, the city must be restored to the way it was before so they can pay taxes like they did before.

COLGATE'S SPELLS

Unlock---"The door is locked, but from me my information is blocked, a lot of learning I have to do, but with this locked I won't have a clue, now the door is open for me and infinite knowledge for me shall now be."

Lock---"Right now the door is not locked, from others the information is not blocked, the others must not be allowed to learn, for this is not theirs to earn, the door is now closed for all but me because infinite knowledge is not free."

Shatter Armor---"Our foes' armor is great, that is something I hate, with their armor they are strong, but them having armor is just plain wrong, now their armor is gone and it is time for them to say bye as they are struck by energy and die."

Return Blue sky---"The sky is purple which is ok for some, but it just makes me numb, for I miss the way it used to be, blue is beautiful to me, the normal sky shall be back and everything will return on track."

Drain pony---"The large pony is too big for me, for smaller the pony shall be, the size and knowledge will become mine, but the negative qualities is where I draw the line, for what must grow is my power, so that I may remain in the tower."

Change eye blue---"The green eye is not for me, for blue is what it shall be, the evil shall be banished as the good can not vanish, what shall return will be an eye of blue as it is the perfect hue."

Freeze time---"Tick tock, tick tock, look at the racing clock, what is short is time and being late is a crime, we must finish on top so it is time I must stop, with time froze, it is my enemies I shall bulldoze."

Unfreeze time---"Look at the clock, it is stuck in place, with this there can be no pace, everything is still but that does not fit the bill, for now the clock shall again run so everypony can have fun."

Time bubble---"A bubble is what we need, so from frozen time we can be freed, in this bubble we can move fast, while everything else is stuck in the past, it is frozen time which through we must pass so we will never be late to class."

Undo time bubble---"In the bubble time continues to run, but now the time outside runs and allows fun, the bubble must burst so we can quench our thirst, from the bubble we are now free and everything we can clearly see."

Release Brevity Thrash--- "She was banished long ago, but her power she will not forego, it is revenge she wants, it is her sister she shall taunt, for Brevity Thrash shall return once more and be more than just long lost lore."

PINKIE'S SPELL

"The changeling's power is good, but not great, they can fire ooze but not enough to make their foes lose, for them to be great, they must fire bolts of hate, the energy shall be strong so their enemies won't last for long."

Twily's dark Alicorns

General Dark Hooves
Colonel Dark Caves
Major Ice Wind
Captain Dark Sky

Colgate's dark Alicorns

General Dark Night
Colonel Black Mist
Major Frigid Wind
Captain Black Ice
Lieutenant Dark Crystal

Changelings

General Lightning Storm
Colonel Green Toxin
Major Deadly Cloud
Captain Green Storm
Lieutenant Southern Haze