Terror in Equestria 5: One Thousand Years Later

by StormLuna

Preparing the New Recruits

The following morning was a big one for Celestia and Brevity Thrash, as Colgate was going to have them fitted for armor. Before that though, Colgate had them along with Scootaloo in the throne room for a meeting. Colgate said, "Brevity, Celestia, today is a big day for you regarding preparing yourselves for the inevitable attack."

Brevity asked, "Are you talking about when Twilight and her cronies attacking us?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, I am. Now I want the two of you to know that we have a great armor maker here. He is part of a long line of armor makers for our military dating all the way back to before Twilight turned evil."

Celestia asked, "Wait a minute, you mean that the job has been passed down from father to son for over a thousand years?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, it does. It runs in that family's blood."

Brevity asked, "Well Brevity for one is excited to get fitted for her armor. Is there anything else that you will need us to do to make sure we are ready?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, after you two are fitted I will take you down to the range and test your skills in levitation and power and accuracy. Now come on, let's go down to the armory. I want to get you two ready as soon as possible."

Colgate took Brevity to the armory where they were greeted by Steel Hooves. Steel Hooves said, "Hi Colgate, it is good to see you. I am assuming you need these two fitted for armor?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, I do. I don't know when it will happen but eventually Twilight and her minions will attack us and these two need armor just like everypony else does."

Steel Hooves asked, "Ok, and who are these two that I am measuring?"

Celestia replied, "I am Princess Celestia. I am the sister of Princess Luna and I used to be the co-ruler of Equestria."

Steel Hooves replied, "Princess Celestia, I remember learning about you in history class back when I was in school."

Celestia said, "Well I am hoping that I may return to Canterlot one day and become mayor."

Steel Hooves replied, "That would be nice if you could." He then said to Brevity, "You look a lot like Fluttershy. What is your name?"

Brevity replied, "Our name is Brevity Thrash. For now our background is classified."

Steel Hooves said, "Alright, I understand that. I need to measure you two."

While Steel Hooves was measuring Brevity and Celestia Scootaloo flew into the armory and was greeted by Colgate. She asked, "Colgate, I take it you are getting Brevity and Celestia fitted for armor?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, that is what I am doing. I plan on taking them over to the range to test their abilities after they are measured."

Scootaloo asked, "Would you want me to take them to the range instead? I know you have a lot of things to do and I would love to see how they do!"

Colgate glared at her and replied, "No, I will take them over there. We are talking about Princess Celestia and Goddess Brevity here. I want you to stay at the base and monitor military exercises, alright?"

Scootaloo looked dejected and replied, "Ok. I understand."

Colgate could sense her second in command's disappointment and changed her mind. She said, "Ok Scootaloo, you may come with me when I take them to the range. It is important that you see what the strengths and weaknesses of our new recruits are."

Steel Hooves approached Colgate and said, "Alright, their armor should be ready in a week. I measured their heads and the circumference of their horns for helmets as well. I take it that is what you wanted."

Colgate replied, "Yes, it is. We shall return in a week to pick up their armor. Come on you two, we need to get to the range."

Colgate took Brevity and Celestia to the range. First she was going to test their levitation skills.

Brevity saw the large rock and asked, "Colgate, what is that rock for?"

Colgate replied, "This is the first part of our training. I want you to see how high you can levitate that rock and how long you can levitate it for. Brevity, I want you to go first."

Brevity's horn began to glow and she easily picked up the rock. She levitated it so high that nopony could even see it. She stood there holding it up for several minutes before Colgate told her to set it down. Colgate was amazed by the results.

Brevity asked, "So Colgate, how did Brevity do?"

Colgate replied, "Well I can tell you didn't have any stress holding it up and you held it up so high nopony could even see it. I have never seen anypony do so good. I honestly think you could rip a mountain out of the earth and levitate it."

Brevity said, "Well I don't know if I would go that far!" Little did Colgate know that Brevity had already ripped a hill out of the ground, but was wondering why Brevity began to smile when she said that.

Colgate said, "Alright Celestia, now it is your turn. Let's see how you do with this."

Celestia's horn began to glow and she easily levitated the rock to a height of 125 feet and held it there effortlessly for three minutes before Colgate told her to set the rock down.

After setting the rock down Celestia asked, "Colgate, did I do very well?"

Colgate replied, "Yes Celestia, you did very well. Now it is time for you two to do the accuracy test."

Colgate led them over to the target range and told them that she wanted them to fire bolts of energy at the three targets to measure their power and accuracy.

Colgate said, "Celestia, I want you to go first on this one."

Celestia replied, "Yes ma'am!"

Celestia's horn began to glow and she very quickly fired three bolts of powerful energy at the targets, scoring direct hits on all of them. Colgate flew down to the targets to measure the results. Celestia could tell that Colgate was very pleased.

Celestia asked, "Colgate, how did I do?"

Colgate replied, "You did very well Celestia. Your accuracy is perfect and your power is very strong. That is exactly what I was expecting. Brevity, it is your turn now."

Colgate and Celestia flew away from the targets as Brevity's horn began to glow. She fired three very bright bolts of energy at each target. She scored direct hits on them but she incinerated them and left small craters in the ground where they stood.

Colgate had a huge smile on her face and said, "Brevity, you are by far the most powerful pony I have ever seen! Considering that you are a Creator Goddess I figured this would be the result. That is why I made sure that Celestia and myself got out of the way."

Brevity replied, "Well Brevity is glad that you did get out of the way. Our power is extremely strong and we would not want anypony to get hurt."

Scootaloo who had been watching everything but remained quiet said, "Wow, with you two on our side, we are sure to win!"

Brevity replied, "We would not go getting ahead of ourselves. Overconfidence could lead to our downfall."

Colgate added, "Brevity is right Scootaloo. It was overconfidence and carelessness that brought Twilight down before. I do not want us to wind up having a similar result."

They headed back up to the black tower and headed to the throne room. Colgate was smiling and said, "You two did spectacular out there. Celestia, your power is almost equal to that of your sister. I think you are completely ready for battle."

Celestia had a shocked look on her face. She asked, "What? Almost equal to my sister? You mean my sister is more powerful than me?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, she levitated the rock a bit higher than you did and she did strike the targets with a bit more power. I wouldn't worry about it though. You are still extremely powerful."

Scootaloo asked, "Colgate, what about Brevity?"

Colgate replied, "Like I said out there on the range, Brevity is by far the most powerful pony I have ever seen. Personally I think she could take on an army of 10,000 on her own and easily win."

Brevity said, "Well Brevity wouldn't go that far. You know what happened with Brevity and her sister."

Colgate replied, "I do know about your past but I believe that your strength is stronger now than it was back then. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am a bit hungry."

Brevity said, "We are hungry as well."

Scootaloo added, "A snack sounds really good right about now!"

Celestia said, "I'm not really hungry right now. I need to just think about some things and build up more energy. I am going to go to my room for a while."

Colgate replied, "Well suit yourself, we shall see you later. Let's head to the dining hall and order something sweet!"

While they headed to the dining hall Celestia headed to her room with her head down. She was very upset about the results of the levitation and accuracy/power test. She said to herself, "I bet Colgate LIED about the results of that test. There is no way Luna is more powerful than me. Perhaps I should just leave, fly to Faustica and wait for Twilight to arrive there."

Celestia knew however that she would have to wait for a while to leave. She knew that if she left in the middle of the night right away that Colgate would know why she left and would either hunt her down or unleash a horrible wrath upon her once she flew into battle along Twilight's side when the time was right.

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."

General Green Lightning
Colonel Toxic Wind
Major Deadly Breeze
Captain Green Cloud
Lieutenant Noxious Haze

General Iron Seas
Colonel Rock Slide
Major Dark Caves
Captain Ice Wind
Lieutenant Dark Sky