Morning in the Crystal Empire
Morning arrived in the Crystal Empire and Scootaloo was the first to wake. As the sun shone in on her she sat up, stretched and said to herself, "Finally! Today is the day that I become Supreme Commander Scootaloo!"
As she got out of bed she walked with a lot of confidence. Gone was the frustration from last night and the fears that Colgate may decide to stay in power after all. When she got to the dining hall it was empty. She thought to herself, "Where is everypony? I would have thought they would be awake by now." Soon the frustration and suspicions again set in, "Colgate, I bet she is trying to delay my coronation further! She wants to hold on to power for as long as possible."
Scootaloo began to pace back and forth in frustration. It was at that moment that she decided one thing would be for sure, the moment she was named Supreme Commander that she would cast a brainwashing spell on Colgate's guests and become a dark goddess. She began to laugh, "Colgate may have had a nightmare involving Dark Goddess Twilight but in real life she'll have to face Dark Goddess Scootaloo and she will be much harder to defeat!"
After thirty more minutes of pacing the other leaders showed up and could see the frustration in Scootaloo's eyes. Out of all of them, Colgate was the most frustrated, "Scootaloo, there is no need to be so impatient. You'll get your promotion when you get it!"
Scootaloo threw her hooves up in the air and asked, "Oh ok. So when is breakfast?"
LaurFa replied, "We'll have breakfast shortly and after that, we'll head to Ponyville since you seem to be in such a hurry."
Scootaloo looked at Colgate and asked, "To make things quicker can we use your time spell? I really want to get this done as soon as possible."
Colgate walked to Scootaloo, stood tall, spread her wings wide and replied, "Scootaloo, I am honestly beginning to wonder about you. I am wondering if maybe you aren't the one for this position." She raised her voice and continued, "Don't get me wrong, you know everything you need to do this but you are just so impatient. Like I have said, patience is a virtue."
Scootaloo realized that she had better stop trying to rush things if she wanted to still be Colgate's successor. She replied, "I'm sorry Colgate, I'm just so excited....."
Colgate interrupted, "And that is another thing, a leader should not get excited. She needs to have her composure about her at all times."
Scootaloo sighed, "Yeah you're right. I'm sorry for rushing things so much. Please don't let somepony else take over instead of me."
Colgate replied, "Well alright then. Just stay patient, don't rush us in getting home and everything will be fine."
During breakfast their conversation was fairly normal although it was all Scootaloo could do to not go asking if they could hurry things up a bit. When breakfast was done she would not be any happier over what would happen next.
LaurFa had a suggestion with as big of a day that this was, "Scootaloo, with this going to be your big day what would you think about us all taking the royal train down to Ponyville? That way you can relax and prepare for how you will greet the crowd."
Scootaloo gave her a weak smile and replied, "Yeah, sure."
This only frustrated Scootaloo further because taking the train would wind up taking much longer than simply flying to Ponyville. She did her best to put on a happy face but she still felt like this was the other leaders trying to delay the transition as long as possible or perhaps even getting Colgate to go back on her word.
Luna's Concerns
The ride down to Ponyville was quiet for the most part, although Luna did want to talk to Colgate. Luna walked up to Colgate, pointed her wing to the car behind them and asked, "Colgate, do you think we could go to the next car? We really need to talk."
Colgate nodded and followed her back. Once they arrived she looked Colgate straight in the eyes and said, "Colgate, while I am happy that you are going to step down, I do have my concerns about Scootaloo being the one to take over."
Colgate asked, "What kind of concerns?"
Luna replied, "For starters, she is horribly impatient and that may cloud her judgement if she were to be waiting on some pony to arrive or if a disagreement was to arise regarding trade deals between our nations."
Colgate asked, "Anything else?"
Luna replied, "Yes. I know how she is, her temper is far shorter than yours and deep down, she has the same blood lust that you do." She leaned to Colgate's ear and whispered, "Personally I think you should rethink giving Scootaloo this post. I think she is way too likely to start a war over nothing."
Colgate sighed, "Luna, she has already completed her task that gave her goddess tier powers and those I can not take away. Even if I were to find somepony else instead, she could easily depose them."
Luna was getting a bit frustrated as it seemed like Colgate was not taking her suggested. She grunted, "Well ok, I guess the most I can do is trust your judgment. You know her better than I do but I just have my concerns."
While Colgate could see where she was coming from regarding Scootaloo's impatience, she did not see Scootaloo as one to simply start a war for no reason because she was the one who confronted her over it when she was on the brink of insanity.
One Final Lesson
Once the train pulled into the station and they all disembarked, Colgate asked a favor of her fellow leaders, "Could all of you go and notify the town that they need to gather at the base of the tower as soon as possible?"
Luna replied, "Yes, I can do that."
The rest of the leaders in unison said, "As can we."
Colgate replied, "Good." She looked at Scootaloo and continued, "Follow me, I have one more lesson for you. One that you must learn if you are to become Supreme Commander."
Scootaloo asked, "What is it?"
Colgate replied, "You will find out when we get to the archives. For now though, just follow me."
Scootaloo knew that it would be in her best interests to not question her and just wait to see what it was. Once they entered the tower they were greeted by Colgate's guests. Rainbow was the first to say anything, "Thank goodness darlings, you're home. I was worried something had happened to you."
Colgate replied, "Don't worry, we're fine and today is my commander's big day."
Cheerilee asked, "So today is the day that you step down and return to dentistry?"
Colgate gave her a smile, "Yep, after the ceremony I will order all the equipment I need but first I will begin to settle into that duplex on the west end of town."
Pinkie asked, "So it is already furnished?"
Colgate replied, "No but I will begin the furnishing process by taking my bed with me. I've slept on that thing for thousands of years and it is so comfortable!"
This did not sit well with Scootaloo, "What, you're taking the bed? That bed is meant for the Supreme Commander of Equestria, not the ex-Supreme Commander."
As Scootaloo was saying this, Scoots thought to herself, "If I can pull off what I plan on doing, Colgate won't have to worry about surrendering that bed to her."
Colgate quickly wanted to get out of this situation. She sighed, "Scootaloo, you have your own bed and besides, I want to teach you one final thing before I let you take over."
Scootaloo replied, "But, the bed....."
Colgate interrupted, "Look Scootaloo, you're the one who is in such a hurry to become Supreme Commander. Let's get down to the archives so you can learn that spell."
Scootaloo nodded and followed Colgate down to the archives. As she was unlocking the doors, Scootaloo couldn't help but think, "Soon I will be the one to unlock the archives! Me and me alone!"
As they headed back to the Starswirl section Scootaloo walked with confidence, knowing that this was the final step to fulfilling what she thought was her destiny. Colgate grabbed a book, opened it and said, "Scootaloo, there is the spell. Now you will have to do more than simply switch out blue with orange because that wording has my energy in it. You will need to pour your energy into how it is worded."
Scootaloo replied, "Alright, sounds good."
Colgate stood there watching her studying this like a proud mother, realizing that the pony she had prepared for this for over three millennia was finally going to be what she prepared her to be. As it came to her mind, Scootaloo began to write the spell down,
"While the blue eye is fine
orange it shall be since it is mine,
The old energy is gone as it can not stay
with me the fabric of Equestria will never fray,
orange it shall now be
so I can spy upon all that belongs to me."
Colgate saw Scootaloo writing a spell down and walked towards her. She asked, "I take it you have come up with something?"
Scootaloo levitated the paper to Colgate and asked, "So what do you think?"
As Colgate read over it a look of disapproval formed on her face. While she didn't think that Scootaloo had put any negative energy into it, she did not like the wording. She replied, "Well it is different than the one I wrote, much different." She sighed and continued, "Don't you think you're sounding a bit possessive of not just the eye, but all of Equestria?"
Scootaloo was a bit annoyed but tried to hide it, "Well you said to write my own spell and that is what I did, besides I don't think it sounds possessive."
Colgate admitted, "Yeah that I did." She gave Scootaloo a smile and continued, "Well shall we head outside. The others should have the whole town gathered at the base of the tower."
Scootaloo's eyes grew wide, "Does that mean?......"
Colgate interrupted, "Yep, your time has come. Let's go, I'm sure the whole town is excited to see this."
As they headed upstairs Scootaloo couldn't help but feel not only a sense of happiness but a sense of pride. Although Colgate did not see it, she did pour some malice into it while she was writing this down. Scootaloo thought to herself, "Soon I shall be Supreme Commander Scootaloo and once I brainwash those trouble making guests of Colgate's, I shall become Dark Goddess Scootaloo!"