When Scootaloo was sleeping in her headquarters, she didn’t expect one of her soldiers to knock frantically on the door. She lifted her head groggily while hearing her name being called by one of the night guards.
She got out of bed and put on her hat while marching to the door with visible irritation. She threw the door open and looked up at a changeling soldier who looked at her with frantic eyes.
“Supreme Leader!” The leader bowed in respect. “Apologise for waking you up but we have a situation!”
Scootaloo rubbed her eyes, trying to hear the words properly. “What is it?”
“The guards near the borders to the train station have reported seeing the solar guards making their way over here with Princess Celestia in the forefront,”
Scootaloo suddenly didn’t feel tired anymore and looked at the soldier with a brow raised. “So? We are stronger than them, the royal guards are as useless as Princess Twilight who is still in the hospital. Besides, I’m the strongest alicorn Equus, and every galaxy has ever witnessed,”
“I know, Supreme Leader, but they were carrying weapons!” The soldier tried to reason, shaking with fear and uncertainty.
The orange-coated pegasus looked indifferent. “They’re protecting Princess Celestia, it is to be expected. Besides, we can easily overpower them,” she spoke casually while looking at her hooves.
“Supreme Leader… what are your orders?” The changeling spoke with defeat in her tone. Her panicked state was still there, but she wasn’t shaking as much.
“Have the military ready. Force every creature in town to fight against the Equestrian tyranny. We will rule everything we touch,” Scootaloo spoke with a cold tone that made the soldier shiver.
“Understood, Supreme Leader I shall inform the military base immediately,” the changeling began to move when Scootaloo got an idea.
“Soldier,” the changeling turned to Scootaloo. “Bring Princess Luna to the border. Threaten her life if you have to.”
There was dead silence in the hallway. The words were ringing like an alarm clock while Scootaloo just observed the changeling whose face was devoid of emotions. They could hear cars outside driving on the highway and streets, completely unaware that Scootaloo—the saint Ponyville needed—had just decided to threaten Princess Luna’s life.
“Supreme Leader, is that idea wise?” The soldier asked after several moments of deafening silence. Scootaloo shrugged.
“We are above Equestrian law. We’re better than every creature else. One life doesn’t mean much compared to a planet and galaxy,”
The changeling just nodded and bowed one last time before walking away, leaving Scootaloo to scoff and walk back inside her bedroom where she shut the door with more force than necessary and looked towards her desk where she had multiple classified documents of plans that she had for Equestria.
She looked through her papers and took a few small notes that she needed to improve upon. First and foremost, she needed a better mining system. The one in the Everfree forest was much too dangerous because the formations weren’t ideal for miners to work.
The second thing she needed to improve upon was making the timberwolves stronger and doing some dark magic to make them able to carry weapons.
Scootaloo grabbed a quill, dotted it in ink and began to write in her journal.
Dear Journal
The tyrannical ruler, Princess Celestia has decided to invade my glorious country that I have worked hard to create. I had blood, sweat and tears when I rebuilt it. My love for my subjects is stronger than Celestia’s ever will be. I have made it a paradise for every pony and creature to live in.
I have protected my subjects from unjust trials and haven’t hurt anypony or creature. I just wanted to protect them from the crimes the Element Bearers committed. Their terrorism will not go unpunished!
I will have no choice but to use Princess Luna in a business deal. I will threaten her life if Princess Celestia does not listen to reason. If she refuses to listen, I will then have to take drastic measures…
Peace Through Tyranny!
Satisfied with what she wrote, she made her way to a large window that had a large curtain that blocked the night. She flung them open, revealing the beautiful country that she built from her love.
This showed how perfect Scootaloo is. She couldn’t possibly do something evil or wrong, she’s the definition of a true leader.
Slowly, a smile worked its way to Scootaloo’s lips. Today will be the day she flaunts her military strength. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom will be proud to know that the military will annihilate the Equestrian army as if it were bugs.
“Long Live The Dictator!” Scootaloo said before she laughed loudly inside her room. The laugh was filled with arrogance and anger that she held.
“Scoot?” A voice called from behind the filly. Scootaloo turned and saw her two fellow rulers. “What are ya laughing about?” Applebloom asked while rubbing her eyes.
Scootaloo looked smug. “Princess Celestia and her army of fools are making their way here as we speak. We will crush them like the scum they are!”
Applebloom’s eyes widened while Sweetie Belle looked indifferent. “So what? Celestia is nothing more than a cake eater. She is weaker than us.”
“Exactly!” Scootaloo replied with glee while Applebloom looked at the marshmallow-coated unicorn as if she’d grown a second head. “She is so weak, that I’m surprised that a fool like Blue Blood hasn’t taken over the throne yet. Albeit, he is dumber than mud.”
“Scoots… why are ta not worried that Princess Celestia is making her way over here?” Applebloom cautiously asked with a hoof raised as if she’d backed away.
Scootaloo looked confused. “Why would I be afraid of an alicorn that is weaker than me?”
“Yer not a an alicorn!!” Applebloom suddenly screamed, making the other two jump in surprise. “Yer just a pegasus filly who allowed power to consume yer head!”
Scootaloo’s eyes softened. “Applebloom, I understand why you think like this. The Element Bearers have corrupted you. They want you to believe that you are worth something and then they treat you like trash. I understand that it’s difficult, but you have to move on from what happened.”
Applebloom couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Her mouth hung open and her eyes pupils were pinpricks.
“You… you want me to move on… when you continue to live in the past? You make yourself look like a goddess in the newspapers. You make yourself sound as though you are better than every creature else. You have soldiers who sometimes beat up our subjects due to the fact you don’t care about them. I have seen the soldiers beat up ponies for no reason.” Applebloom rubbed her face with her hoof, mentally tired from it all. “I did move on, when we were in the Badlands, I had already moved on. You are the pony who refuses to move on. You are torturing the town's ponies for something that happened over a year ago. I have no problem with you holding a deep grudge, but torturing them is not the way.”
Sweetie Belle looked just as indifferent as before. She looked at her hooves and noticed a dirty spot. “Who cares about a few filthy, good-for-nothing ponies like them? All they have done is give a cheap apology and tell us we are too young to rule,”
Scootaloo hummed in agreement. “Yes, I refuse to be discriminated in such a filthy way. So, I took great action. I needed what needed to be done. Sweetie Belle did what she knew needed to be done. You, Applebloom, you did the things you knew needed to be done, so why are you just now acting up?”
“Oh, I don’t know maybe because you want to start a war with Equestria!” Applebloom yelled throwing her hooves up in the air as if to make her point.
Scootaloo shook her head. “She started the war, I’m just finishing it. But I need to do something, I’ll see you later,”
The orange-coated pegasus walked away while leaving a stunned Applebloom and indifferent Sweetie Belle behind. She made her way to the parking lot where a soldier guarded the building and bowed when Sweetie Belle entered.
“Do we have any drivers?” She asked and the soldier nodded and pressed a button behind him.
The Supreme Leader waited for the driver to come with a stoic expression on her face.
When a car came around the corner, she watched as the driver drove up to her and stopped so she faced the backseat. Scootaloo surprised the soldiers when she opened the door and got inside, forcing the driver to start driving again.
“Take me to the military base, there’s something I gotta do,” Scootaloo spoke with no emotion. The driver didn’t say anything, he just nodded and headed for the base.
~~~Dictators Of Ponyville~~~
The military base had never been this active before. All kinds of creatures stood in large lines while Capper was giving a speech about how great the Supreme Leaders were and how Scootaloo’s love would guide them throughout the war.
The soldiers stood still and listened to the commander. It wasn’t surprising that almost every pony and creature was inside the base at this point before they moved back to the city where the invasion from the Equestrians would begin.
Even fillies and colts were there, holding swords and spears, even bow and arrow.
Scootaloo knew her angelic powers would protect them all.
When the driver stopped the car, Scootaloo got out of the car and walked briskly up to a building that had a secret that not even her friends knew about. It wasn’t intended to be kept secret, but the more she worked on a… project she had started, the more difficult it became to come clean about what she did in her spare time.
She opened the doors and shut them and watched as Lieutenant Spike was giving a lecture on the weaknesses the Equestrian army had. She grinned savagely and made her way to a door that was always locked.
It was sort of funny. When you walk inside the building, you see the door at the end of the fifty feet walk but no creature has ever been inside except a hoof few.
The door wasn’t anything special. It was a wooden door that had a yellow handle. Scootaloo pulled out a key from her pocket and unlocked the door. No pony or creature paid attention as she opened it, stepping inside a pitch-black room and closed the door behind her, locking it with the key.
The Supreme Leader used her hoof to feel the light switch and when she did, she pressed the button which revealed a hallway. The hallway was as big as the doorframe, with cracks on the walls revealing the wooden interior, a hanging lightbulb and a few tiny spiders crawling around.
The floor was wooden with a few small cracks, similar to the walls, but nothing catastrophic. She moved down the hallway which led to a staircase which she trotted down from and turned her head to the right. A sick smile plastered itself onto her face.
There, in the middle of the giant room, was the project she had been working on. Project Missile.
Scootaloo had wanted to create a weapon that would cause massive destruction. The type of destruction that could destroy a kingdom and force them to bow down to her. This… this is what she had been working on. There were a total of ten creatures that were in the know but they didn’t whisper a word about this project.
The purple-maned pegasus was approached by a mare wearing a white lab coat who had a smile on her face and sweat running down her face. She was nervous.
“Supreme Leader Scootaloo! I heard the soldiers are preparing for war?” Her eyes told Scootaloo that she was terrified.
“Yes,” she replied. “I have no choice but to finish a war Princess Celestia started.”
The mare nodded frantically in understanding. “Uh, Is it okay to ask why you’re here?”
The filly raised a brow. “I came to make sure that the missile was completed.” She explained. “Besides, I think it’s about time we showed Canterlot who is the real ruler,”
The response was so casual, so nonchalant, that even Scootaloo was surprised by how she made herself sound.
Scootaloo watched as the mare’s colours drained. There were no sounds other than walking and metal hitting metal. The filly enjoyed the look on her face. The gears in her head were spinning.
“Supreme Leader… what do you mean?” The tone was one of caution, as if afraid that the young filly would explode in a fit of rage.
Scootaloo rolled her eyes and sighed. “Like I said; I believe it’s time we showed Canterlot who the real ruler is.”
“But… but!” The mare couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She had thought that they would have it for their protection but… now it all made sense… the secretive project that was hush, hush within the regime and only a hoof full of ponies were aware of it.
“You heard the Supreme Leader, we launch it!” A voice loudly spoke with authority. The mare in the lab coat turned to see one of the soldiers who knew about the project. Scootaloo noticed the older mare she had spoken to a few times and was the biggest help in fortifying the defences.
“Starlight Glimmer…” Scootaloo spoke with some surprise.
The lilac-coated mare stood with her neck straight. “Yes, Supreme Leader?!”
“At ease,” the filly pegasus spoke with formality. “I didn’t expect you here, how are the preparations coming along?”
“They’re going fine, Supreme Leader, the soldiers look ready for war and are waiting for your orders. Your love will guide us through the pain and corruption the Princesses have spread throughout Equestria.”
“Good, good,” the filly spoke with a glimmer of mirth in her eyes. She turned to the mare in the lab coat and saw her shocked look. “When I order you to do something, then I expect you to follow them. Launch. The. Rocket.”
The two mares bowed and gave a salute. Any arguments that either of the mares had disappeared in an instant.
Scootaloo became satisfied with her work and made her way upstairs.
‘You will feel my wrath, Equestria,’ Scootaloo thought with a sinister smile.