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// Preventing the Terrors 
// Story: Terror Zero: Returning to a Time of Harmony 
// by StormLuna 
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Stopping Chrysalis

As she was flying north, Colgate was flying with a much greater amount of speed than normal.  She was flapping her wings at the same intensity she would while moving a time bubble but had not cast the spell so time was passing as it normally would.  After what seemed to be forever to her, she landed in Ponyville in the late afternoon.  She saw that there were plenty of ponies out and about but to keep an eye on the library, she would have to stay outside of her house.  She wanted to catch Chrysalis before she went into the library. 

An hour had passed and Colgate did a very good job of staying out of everypony's vision and then finally, she saw what looked like Twilight heading to the library.  She knew that Twilight had planned a long meeting with the mayor that day and that she would not be getting out of it that soon and knew that she would have to find a way to take Chrysalis out of town and do what was necessary to ensure that the next twenty millennia would be peaceful and that love and harmony would remain the norm. 

'Twilight' was heading towards the library with a smirk on her face.  She knew that the day had come that she would brainwash Twilight to serve her and Sombra and be able to take Equestria for themselves.  Right as she grabbed the door in her aura to open it, she felt herself being grasped in a light blue aura and was being dragged off, away from the library.  She yelled, "What's happening?  Who dares drag me away from my target?"

She continued to be dragged away for a couple of minutes until she was out of town entirely.  When the aura disappeared 'Twilight' found a very large blue Alicorn standing before her.  She was not one bit happy and knowing that Twilight was a princess now, that she could issue executive orders.  She yelled, "Who dares drag me away from my home?"  She glared at the Alicorn and yelled, "How dare you drag me away from the library!  I should execute you right here!" 

Colgate blasted her with a bolt of energy, causing her to take on her natural form.  Colgate again grasped her in her aura and began, "I know what your plan is Chrysalis, I know that you are joining forces with Sombra in an attempt to corrupt Princess Twilight and cause not just Equestria, but all of Eqqus to fall into a state of despair and face horrible evils for over 20,000 years." 

Chrysalis was in a state of shock that the Alicorn would know of her plans, "But how do you know?"

Colgate intensified her hold and replied, "I know because I have seen it, I have lived through it.  I have even engaged in the evils that will take place."  She then pointed to the heart that had been fused into her and added, "But thanks to this and my ability to travel through time, I am going to fix this."  She raised her voice and finished, "I will see to it that you and Sombra will not be responsible for even one death, much less hundreds of thousands." 

Chrysalis laughed, "Ha, you can not contain me forever and you don't have Somb......" 

Colgate interrupted, "Oh I have already banished Sombra to the void and now the time has come for you to join him."

Chrysalis began to protest but Colgate would not allow it.  She intensified the hold further and recited,

"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." 

A black vortex opened up and began to suck the changeling queen in.  She was screaming that she would be good if Colgate would stop the banishment spell but very quickly it would be too late for Chrysalis.  The moment the vortex closed, Colgate began to celebrate, "Yes, yes, yes!  I did it!  I did it!  I stopped the darkness!  I stopped the darkness!" 

She initially wondered why something didn't happen that would be a signal to her that all the bad events from her future did not happen.  She stood there for a moment wondering why until it hit her, that event likely wouldn't happen until that evening at the very moment she encountered Chrysalis.  She then teleported to her house and said, "And now I wait.  Once that happens, hopefully I will return to being a unicorn and I won't be cursed with an eternity of seeing those closest to me die." 





A New Present

Finally well after the sun had set, Twilight got home from a long day meeting with the mayor going over matters of local governance.  The day had been much longer than Twilight had anticipated.  She sighed to herself, "I really hope this isn't what being an Alicorn princess is all about."

When she went into the library she was immediately greeted by Spike, "Wow Twilight, you were gone for a very long time.  What all did the mayor talk to you about for it to take so long?"

"Matters of governance in general."  Twilight replied, "She also talked about what to do when ponies are dissatisfied with me."  

Spike began to reply when a white ball formed in the library and it let out a great shock wave.  The power of it wound up knocking Twilight and Spike both up against the wall and caused them to be temporarily disoriented.  When they got their bearings straight Twilight asked, "Spike, what was that?"

Spike replied, "I'm not sure but I'm thinking we should contact Princess Celestia if she knows." 

Spike said, "Okey dokey." 

Spike grabbed a quill and parchment and Twilight said, "



"Dear Princess Celestia, 

I am not sure if you saw or felt it but there was a great shock wave that spread out across Equestria after a white ball formed in the library.  I would appreciate it if you would let me know if you know what it was.  I await your quick response. 

Sincerely, 

Princess Twilight Sparkle"

Spike sent the message and very quickly he coughed up a message that read, 

"Dear Princess Twilight

I know about it and Luna and I are on my way.  I think that we need to speak to Colgate over this as she probably knows the most about it.  I look forward to seeing you soon. 

Sincerely, 

Princess Celestia" 

Both were in a state of shock when they read the message.  "Colgate?" Twilight asked, "How could she possibly know anything about this?

Spike replied, "I'm not sure but just trust the princess on this, I'm sure she has a reason for bringing her up." 

While Spike wasn't thinking too much about Celestia bringing Colgate up, Twilight couldn't help but wonder.  She knew that Colgate was a dentist and would likely find what happened as odd as they did rather than knowing something about it. 





Colgate's Confusion

In her home, Colgate was ecstatic when the shock wave shot out of the library.  She knew what it signified.  She knew that it was time resetting itself and that she was no longer in the past, she was in a new present.  She began to jump up and down in joy, "At long last, the terrors have been prevented!  Hundreds of thousands won't die!  I won't be cursed with twenty millennia of pure hell." 

She hit her head on the ceiling she was jumping up so high.  That caused her elation to change into a state of confusion.  She headed into the bathroom and saw that not only was she still an Alicorn, but that she also still had the heart fused into herself.  She gasped, "What?  How is this?  If I prevented that timeline from coming to be, why am I still an Alicorn?"

Colgate headed back into her living room and sat on her couch.  What was a time of elation had turned into a moment of not just confusion, but a depressing moment.  She was admittedly glad that she was able to stop all the evils from ever coming to be, she was depressed that she would likely still wind up living for many, many millennia, "Twenty millennia was enough, how many more?"  A tear dropped from her eye as she continued, "I just want a normal life again, I don't want this eternal life." 

After a few more minutes of realizing that a normal life would likely not be her destiny, she headed to her bedroom to get some sleep but then realized something.  She realized that with her much larger size, that her bed was way too small for her now.  She then figured she would just lay on the floor in her living room and hope that she could buy a new bed and try to live life normally without too many ponies questioning her about her new form. 

That night when she finally got to sleep, she had vivid dreams, very vivid dreams.  She had dreams about the events of what were the past 20,000 years for her.  She had visions of the good events and the bad events but the ones that seemed to haunt her dreams the most though were the final years of when she willingly corrupted herself so she could rule the world in a state of hate and despair.