Several days had passed out at sea when finally Twilight and her envoy could see Ridead on the horizon. Twilight smiled and said, "Finally, Saddle Arabia is on the horizon! It will be so nice to set hoof on dry ground!"
Shining Armor asked, "Ok, we know that Lemon Hearts is in Ponyville to aid Colgate in her cause so it will be her top officers that are in charge there. What are we going to do if they ask us about that yellow and pink light that circled the planet?"
Dark Hooves said, "Well we don't exactly know what it was so we will just tell them the truth, I don't know what it was and none of the rest of it was, so we have nothing to hide."
Finally they reached the dock and lowered the anchor. There they were met by Lemon Hearts's top officers, General Green Lightning and General Iron Seas. Iron Seas asked, "Who are you and what brings you here?"
Twilight replied, "Well I am the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle. This is my brother, Shining Armor standing next to me. The white pony with the red mane and tail is LaurFa, queen of the Equine Empire and the dark Alicorn is Dark Hooves, he is LaurFa's top dark Alicorn general.
Iron Seas said, "Follow Green Lightning and myself to the palace. We need to discuss some very important matters with you."
Twilight was unsure as to what was going to happen. She knew that Lemon Hearts had probably told her officers about them and that a not so pleasant fate awaited them. Finally they reached the throne room in the palace where they were met by more officers.
Colonel Rock Slide commented, "General Iron Seas, looks like we have some tourists."
General Iron Seas said, "No, they are enemies. The purple one with green eyes claims to be the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle."
Captain Green Cloud said, "I remember before Lemon Hearts left she gave us a detailed description of what this so-called dark goddess looks like and this pony is an exact match of her."
Twilight shouted, "HOW DARE YOU REFER TO ME AS A SO-CALLED DARK GODDESS. I AM THE DARK GODDESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE, NOW BOW DOWN BEFORE ME!"
Major Deadly Breeze commented, "Yep, this is her. She even has the attitude that Lemon Hearts always talked about."
General Green Lightning ordered, "Ok boys, cover them in ooze. They are the enemy and they must be detained."
Twilight and her envoy were immediately covered in ooze. This sent Twilight into a rage. She shouted, "YOU DO NOT DO THIS TO A DARK GODDESS! FREE US OR DIE, ALL OF YOU!"
Green Lightning shouted, "Twily, shut up. I am in no mood to put up with your screaming."
General Iron Seas ordered, "Ok prisoners, I want you to introduce yourselves so we will all know your names."
Twilight said, "Well I am the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle, the queen of all queens and supreme ruler over all of you so I demand that you release us from this ooze or I will kill all of you!"
General Iron Seas laughed and said, "Oh how cute Twily. With that ooze covering you guys, all of you are powerless. Now what about the rest of you?"
Shining Armor replied, "Well I am Shining Armor, Grand Prince and first in line to the throne of the entire planet."
Green Lightning interrupted, "Don't you mean you used to be? I know Colgate has placed somepony else in that position over in Equestria."
Dark Hooves said, "Well I am General Dark Hooves, I am the top dark Alicorn officer in LaurFa's military in the Equine Empire."
Colonel Rock Slide asked, "What caused you to join LaurFa's side?"
Dark Hooves replied, "Well when LaurFa was given control of the Equine Empire by our beloved Dark Goddess, I was one of the duplicate officers she had created to protect Ponyville. I went with LaurFa to Maredrid. I have loyally served her since then."
Iron Seas asked, "Hmm..ok. Which one of you is LaurFa?"
LaurFa replied, "I am LaurFa. I am the pony who rules over the Equine Empire and all my loyalties go to Twilight."
Iron Seas asked, "Oh, and why do all your loyalties go to Twilight?"
LaurFa replied, "Because she is the one who freed me from the void after being banished there. After being released I was the equivalent of a foal and she helped me return to what I used to be. If it weren't for her, I would still be trapped in the void."
Rock Slide laughed, "Oh ok, so you feel like you owe your beloved Twily the world. Now that we know this it is time to get you rabble-rousers in jail."
Iron Seas asked, "What about the purple one? She seems to be their leader and I don't think it would be wise to keep her in the same place as the rest of them."
Rock Slide replied, "She shall be put in the dungeon. I think it would be best if we held her indefinitely while the rest of them are sentenced to 150 years in jail."
Deadly Breeze commented, "I think that would be an excellent idea. Let's get them locked up. It is getting time for supper."
Iron Seas, Dark Hooves and Deadly Breeze hauled them into the jail while Deadly Breeze took Twilight down to the dungeon. Twilight was shouting, "Why must you put me down here? Why can't I be up with my friends?"
Deadly Breeze replied, "Because we can't have you communicating with the rest of your envoy, that's why. It would not be in the best interests of Saddle Arabia. We will be back soon with your supper."
Twilight grunted as Deadly Breeze headed back upstairs slamming the door to the dungeon behind him. It was getting dark down there and Twilight knew that she couldn't create any light with her horn because of the ooze so she realized that she would just have to deal with the complete darkness.
As Deadly Breeze headed back up to the main jail Rock Slide asked, "So Deadly Breeze, how is the alleged dark goddess handling it down there?"
Deadly Breeze replied, "Well I think she is handling things quite well. She isn't as irate as I expected her to be."
Rock Slide said, "Well I think that may be a bad thing. She may be scheming on how to get out of here. How she would be able to do that is beyond me with her being covered in ooze, but still, we need to be careful."
LaurFa asked, "Look, Dark Goddess Twilight will get us out of here. Trust me, she is the most powerful pony ever and she will find a way out."
Iron Seas laughed, "If she is so powerful then why is her magic rendered useless when covered in ooze. She must not be that powerful."
Deadly Breeze added, "Come on guys, it is time for supper. Don't worry prisoners, we will have your supper down to you before too long."
As they closed the door and headed back to the palace LaurFa said, "Look everypony, don't worry. Twilight will find a way out of here for all of us. Maybe she can use her tactfulness to sway one of them to join our side and they will free us."
Shining Armor replied, "Well let's hope she can do that. If she can't, then we will be here for a very long time and she will probably be stuck here forever."
In Ponyville Colgate sees that they have been captured and realizes that she simply can't tell everypony this. She knows how Twilight's mind works and believes that she will use mind control to brainwash an officer to set them loose. She heads to Scootaloo's office to tell her the news.
Upon hearing this Scootaloo replied, "We can't let any of them know about this. We can't have them becoming complacent and you are right, Twilight will probably be able to brainwash an officer to set them loose."
Colgate said, "Yes, chances are that will happen. I will continue to monitor the situation. I have a feeling that Twilight will manage to do this within a month, so don't ease their military exercises any. Also, we need to get Brevity and Celestia fitted for armor, so they will need to be taken down to the armory."
Scootaloo asked, "So what was going on before you came down here?"
Colgate replied, "The sun had set and they were turning in for the night. The officers were headed to the palace for supper so there isn't much of anything else to see for now. Let's just relax for now. There will be more to see tomorrow."
Scootaloo asked, "Does this mean that I can head back to the farm early today?"
Colgate was sort of irritated by this question. She rolled her eyes and said, "Sure, go for it. I will go check on things at the base."
Scootaloo headed back to the farm while Colgate went over to the base and decided to do things like things would be done on any other regular day. Colgate seemed to be pretty stress free but ultimately she would be proven wrong in how quickly Twilight would be able to get her forces and herself out of prison.