Thirty minutes after knocking herself unconscious, Commander Scootaloo awoke to find herself chained to a chair in the throne room. When she realized this she lit up her horn and attempted to teleport out of it but nothing happened. When she saw that Colgate, Dark Night, the four ponies from the other side of the portal along with the other leaders were present she went into a rage, "You can't do this, you can't do this to Dark Goddess Scootaloo!"
Colgate couldn't help but laugh because she gave the exact same response that Twilight would give when she was defeated after her corruption, "Oh Scootaloo, how cute. You're acting just like Twilight would when she was defeated."
Scootaloo began to struggle to get out of the chains but couldn't. She yelled, "Why did you do this? Your Dark Goddess never did anything....."
Colgate yelled, "Silence! Scootaloo, I don't know if you remember this or not but some rather treasonous material was discovered in your quarters."
Scootaloo remembered it very well and remembered how it was obtained. She pointed her hoof at Scoots and yelled, "Yeah and it was obtained by her! She planted that in there to frame me!"
Colgate's eyes began to shine a bluish white as she yelled, "Not this again." She calmed down and continued, "Alright everypony, let's get this hearing underway. I want us to get this done by a reasonable time."
Brevity stood at the front of the room and stomped her hoof. She addressed Scootaloo, "Commander Scootaloo, because of the materials found in thy quarters along with thy attempt to banish Colgate and Scootaloo to the void, thou art being charged with high treason." She glared at Scootaloo and asked, "How dost thou wish to plead?"
Scootaloo realized that she had best calm down if she was to have a chance of not being found guilty. She calmly replied, "I would like to plead innocent."
Brevity sighed, "Very well commander." She looked at Colgate and asked, "Supreme Commander Colgate, could thou give Brevity any details into what thou thinks may have caused this to happen?"
Colgate replied, "Well I'm going to be honest. I never noticed any signs in her that she would do this. The only change in behavior I noticed was when I told her that I was planning on stepping down and after she cleansed Neigh Zealand of its radiation along with learning a couple things, that I would hand power over to her."
Brevity asked, "What sorts of behavior changes didst thou notice?"
Colgate replied, "I noticed that she suddenly became very impatient. She went from taking things in stride to acting like everything had to be done immediately."
Brevity cast her gaze at Scootaloo and asked, "Scootaloo, thy response to these accusations?"
Scootaloo knew that she had better not lie given that all the leaders, including Brevity, had seen them. She replied, "I will admit, I did start getting more impatient. I did not get impatient out of malice though, I was simply excited for my coronation, I mean my promotion to Supreme Commander."
Brevity asked, "Coronation? Why wast thou using the term coronation? Given that thou art a commander Brevity thinks thou would know that in Equestria it is known as a promotion as there are no coronations in nations led by the military."
Scootaloo grunted, "Look, your Dark Goddess was just excited, ok?"
This did not sit well with Brevity, "Scootaloo, we would all appreciate it if thou would simply refer to thyself as me or I, not this 'dark goddess' nonsense."
Scootaloo just rolled her eyes and knew that if she confronted Brevity over the way she speaks, that she would likely dig herself in a deeper hole. Brevity then turned to the one who discovered the materials, Scoots. Brevity asked, "Scootaloo, from what Brevity understands it was thou who discovered these materials in the commander's quarters while she was gone."
Scoots replied, "Yes, that is correct your Majesty."
Brevity asked, "Scootaloo, why didst thou go into the commander's quarters to begin with? Didst thou not know that doing so is a serious crime?"
Scoots replied, "I did not even think about it. I heard the commander saying things in a rather sinister voice one day and I realized that I had to do something to stop her."
Brevity asked, "Scootaloo, what didst thou hear her say? Didst thou hear her say anything that would be of concern?"
Scoots replied, "No, I just heard her mumbling to herself and her voice sounded very sinister. That is what caused me to investigate her quarters while she was gone."
Brevity addressed Colgate, "Colgate, what she did is a serious crime in every nation, including Equestria. While Brevity can not tell thee what to do, Brevity suggests that thou put her on trial for her crime."
Colgate realized that had Scoots not did what she did, that Scootaloo would be supreme commander and be acting on her plans. She replied, "Brevity, I have no plans on charging her with anything."
When Scootaloo heard this she went into a rage, "Well of course not! She is suddenly your little angel and she can get away with anything! I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you were to transform her into an Alicorn and have her be the ambassador from their primitive world to Equestria!"
Brevity's eyes began to glow white as she shouted, "Commander Scootaloo, such outbursts are not allowed in Brevity's courtroom. One more outburst like that and we will find thee in contempt of court which is a crime in itself!" She saw Scootaloo was about to say something and continued, "If thou knows what is best for thee, thou would do best to only speak when spoken to!"
Scootaloo grunted and rolled her eyes. Brevity turned her attention back to Scoots, "Scootaloo, so when thou decided to snoop in the commander's quarters, what didst thou find?"
Scootaloo held the papers up and Brevity levitated them to herself. When she saw them a rage began to boil in her that she had not felt since the war between her and her sister yet she knew that in this hearing, that she could not do to Scootaloo what she wanted to. She asked, "Colgate, hast thou seen these papers?"
Colgate replied, "Yes I have and it is because of what is in them that she is being charged with high treason."
Brevity levitated the papers to Colgate and asked, "Supreme Commander Colgate, could you describe to everypony what these papers are. What images they contain and what message they contain?"
Colgate replied, "Certainly."
She held up the first picture for everypony to see, the picture of Twilight Sparkle. Colgate said, "The first picture is one of the enemy of the free world, the pony who was the enemy of peace and freedom for thousands of years, Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle."
Brevity asked, "Scootaloo, what wast thou doing with a picture of a pony who was thy enemy? Why would you have such a picture in thy possession?"
Scootaloo yelled, "That is not my picture! Like I told Colgate when she first discovered them, her little angel planted it....."
Colgate interrupted, "Scootaloo, tell everypony the truth. Lying in court is a crime in itself and I doubt you want to add perjury to high treason to the charges against you."
Finally things began to sink in for Scootaloo. She finally realized that she could no longer deny what everypony already knew. She replied, "I had it in my possession because despite her being my enemy for thousands of years, I admired her."
Brevity asked, "And why didst thou admire her?"
Scootaloo replied, "Because she was the first pony to conquer the entire planet and unite it under one banner. Unlike Colgate who liberated it and gave everypony independence, she kept everything as her own. She actually conquered places fairly and did not split uranium atoms to kill hundreds of thousands of ponies."
Colgate knew that comment was aimed directly at her but just let it slide. Brevity asked, "Colgate, what is the nature of the second picture?"
Colgate replied, "The second picture is of my guests, Scootaloo, Cheerilee, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash with a green glaze over their eyes bowing down to 'Dark Goddess Scootaloo.'"
Upon hearing this Colgate's guests' gave Scootaloo a death look but didn't say anything as they did not want to give her the satisfaction of a reaction. Brevity asked, "Scootaloo, wouldst thou like to explain why thou drew this picture?"
Scootaloo replied, "Because Colgate has been treating them like honored guests, especially that little snitch that bears my name." She became more agitated as she continued, "If I would have changed that eye and became supreme commander, they would either be unquestionably loyal to me or they'd be dead."
Brevity rolled her eyes and asked, "Colgate, what about the nature of the next picture?"
Colgate replied, "Well in this one it has all of us world leaders bound in chains as she, in her dark goddess form, is whipping us."
Brevity frowned, "And what about this Scootaloo? Why didst thou draw this?"
Scootaloo boasted, "Because I'd be more powerful than the rest of you! Once I would have cast the necessary spell to become a dark goddess I would own you and that is what I would do to you. I would prove the supremacy of Dark Goddess Scootaloo!"
At this point it was all Brevity could do to prevent herself from unmaking Scootaloo but she wanted to make her answer for the next document. She asked, "Colgate, what about the document with writing on it?"
Colgate replied, "Well before I tell you I want to warn you that what she has written in here will anger all of you greatly. To make this flow more smoothly, could you all wait to react until I finish reading it?"
In unison all the leaders replied, "Yes, we can."
Colgate began, "This all involves how she wishes to punish world leaders. She has stated that she would banish Luna to the moon, she would banish Celestia to the sun, she would cast Galaxia and Cosmos into Tartarus, Brevity she would banish to Titan, LaurFa she would banish to the void and has stated that since I know her weaknesses, that only my death would suffice."
Before Colgate could finish reading the document all of the world leaders had spread their wings wide and began to walk towards Scootaloo. Brevity was so angry that she forgot to speak in her traditional way, "So Scootaloo, you are wanting to banish us all?" Her growl turned into a laugh, "Dost thou really think thou could actually pull that off? Dost thou not know of how powerful we all are?"
Colgate chimed in, "And that isn't all. She also wants to brainwash my guests, she wants to find the portal they came through, go through it to their world and enslave them, she wants to demand a 10% tribute from all ponies, dissenters will all face the same fate as Black Feet AND get this," She began to laugh, "She stated that all ponies must show subservience and servitude to the 'DARK GODDESS SCOOTALOO!'"
Scootaloo yelled, "Well look at my eyes! They are the same green that Twilight's were so I am a dark goddess!"
LaurFa laughed, "A dark goddess who can't use her magic."
Brevity sighed, "Well everypony, Brevity is not sure about thee but Brevity feels as though enough evidence has been presented that we can come to a decision."
Once all of the leaders nodded in agreement they headed to a far corner of the throne room. Brevity said, "Brevity is not sure about the rest of thee but Brevity rules we find her guilty."
Colgate added, "As do I."
As each leader was asked what their ruling would be, each one said guilty. After they all agreed on her guilt, they began to discuss her sentence. Brevity was the first to say anything, "Colgate, while Brevity knows that the final decision rests in thy hooves, Brevity feels as though it would be best to execute her."
LaurFa added, "I second that."
Luna continued, "I am all for execution."
Celestia stated, "While I normally would not support execution, I think with all the plans she had, it is our only option."
Galaxia added, "I am sorry but I do not support execution here. I think that banishment to the void would suffice."
Cosmos continued, "I am in the same mindset as my wife. I support banishment to the void."
They all turned to Colgate and Brevity asked, "What about thy decision Colgate? You are the leader of Equestria so her fate, regardless of what we suggest, falls into thy hooves."
Colgate replied, "Don't get me wrong, I would love more than anything to execute her in front of the whole town but I think that would be letting her off easy. I think an eternal banishment to the void would be far worse on her."
Brevity interrupted, "Banishment to the void? That's it?"
LaurFa added, "Colgate, I can not support that unless you agree to never split any uranium atoms again. We do not want it getting torn open."
Colgate replied, "Trust me, I have no desire or need to split atoms or do any kind of atomic testing at all. I promise all of you that I will not do that."
Brevity sighed, "So be it. Equestria is thy country and if thou wishes for banishment to the void to be her punishment, that is what it shall be."
All the leaders nodded and they headed over towards Scootaloo. They all stood tall and spread their wings wide. Colgate sternly said, "Scootaloo, we have come to a decision."
Scootaloo mocked, "Oh we have come to a decision! We have decided to find Dark Goddess Scootaloo guilty and as a punishment, we're going to burn her alive in front of the whole town!" She began to laugh, "Well guess what, that won't do it! You can't kill a dark goddess!"
Colgate frowned, "Well we did find you guilty but your punishment will be announced and carried out tomorrow morning in front of the whole town."
Scootaloo again tried to mock her but Colgate fired enough energy at her that she stunned her. She levitated her and asked, "So who wants to help me put this little rat in the dungeon?"
Luna quickly agreed while the others decided to stay put. Colgate ordered, "Well since you don't wish to join us, could you go down and notify the townsponies that they are to gather at the base of the tower tomorrow morning at 0900?"
LaurFa replied, "Yes, we can do that."
As they headed down into the dungeon Luna wanted to find out one thing. She asked, "Colgate, are you still going to step down or have you decided to remain in power now?"
Colgate asked in return, "Queen Luna, do you promise not to tell anypony what I am about to tell you?"
Luna replied, "I agree."
Colgate said, "Well I have decided to maintain my post as Supreme Commander of Equestria." Colgate saw Luna's jaw drop open as she said this and continued, "But, I have decided that I am going to promote General Dark Night to being my commander and second in line."
Luna asked, "Seriously? Will he have any additional responsibilities?"
Colgate replied, "Yes. I will be handing over all of the day to day military responsibilities to him and that will allow me to return to doing what I love while staying in power."
Luna gasped, "Are you saying what I think you're saying? Are you going to reopen your practice after so many millennia?"
Colgate replied, "Yep, I am. That way I will be occupied and my sanity will stay intact."
Luna threw a hug around Colgate and said, "I am so happy for you Colgate. I am happy to see that you can stay in power and pose no threat to your nation or the world."
While the two had begun to celebrate Scootaloo began to come to. She mumbled, "Let me guess, Colgate's staying in power and enslaving the world?"
The two ignored her question and Colgate said, "Well let's get her locked up. It is getting close to supper time and I am hungry, very hungry."
Scootaloo mumbled, "What about me? Don't I get to eat?"
Colgate replied, "Don't worry, General Lightning Storm will bring you your food."
After getting her locked up Colgate and Luna headed upstairs to the dining hall. While Colgate was visibly happy to have this taken care of, deep down she felt a sense of sadness as she never imagined that Scootaloo would do this. Out of all the ponies in her inner circle, with the exception of Dark Night, she was the last one she ever expected to commit treason.