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// Story: Terror in Equestria 5:  One Thousand Years Later 
// by StormLuna 
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Colgate was watching Twilight's arrival in Faustica from Ponyville and she was not pleased.  She said to herself, "Oh isn't this wonderful.  Well we better have spears made to take down that dragon."

On the way down to the dining hall, she ran into Lemon Hearts.  Lemon Hearts could tell she was not happy.  She asked, "Colgate, what is wrong?  You seem upset."

Colgate replied, "I am upset.  We are going to have an important meeting after supper.  Some things have happened that everypony must know."

Lemon Hearts was shocked that Colgate would tell her that it was important when nopony else was around.  She knew that this was important.  She said, "Wow Colgate, this sounds really serious.  Let's go down to the dining hall for supper.  The sooner we get supper ate, the sooner we can have that meeting."

Colgate replied, "Agreed.  Let's head down there."

When supper started everypony could see that Colgate had a serious look on their face.  Pinkie asked, "Colgate, you seem really stressed out.  Is everything alright?"

Colgate replied, "We will discuss that after supper.  For now, let's enjoy our supper."

The rest of their supper was oddly quiet as normally there is plenty of chit chat.  They finished their supper sooner than normal and headed into the throne room for their meeting.  Once they got there, Colgate slammed the doors behind her.  They could tell she was not happy.

Brevity asked, "Colgate, you seem very upset.  What is wrong?"

Colgate sighed and replied, "Alright everypony, here is what has happened.  Well I'm sure all of you know that Twilight's ship was slammed into a mountain on Dragon Island and Shining Armor was killed.  Well, some things have happened that are not so favorable for us."

Applejack asked, "So what has happened that ain't so good for us?"

Colgate continued, "Well, ultimately they circled around Dragon Island to the east side where they were confronted by two dragons.  The good news is that her two top dark Alicorn officers were seared with fire and eaten.  The bad news is that Spike heard Twilight screaming at the dragons to stop.  He headed over to where Twilight was and knocked the two dragons from the sky, thus saving the rest of them from becoming dragon food."

Brevity asked, "So how did Twilight handle all the death of her brother and her officers?"

Colgate replied, "Well naturally the death of her brother completely devastated her.  However, the death of her two officers didn't take much of a toll on her.  But then again when you are in danger of being eaten by dragons and then you are saved by another dragon, you aren't going to have much time to mourn."

Fluttershy asked, "What happened next?"

Colgate continued, "Ok, the worst thing possible happened.  Twilight and Spike made up and he is on their side.  They are just as close as they were before her coronation.  She even went as far as to say that he was her 'number one assistant.'  Alright, continuing on, Spike took Twilight, LaurFa and her two remaining dark Alicorns to Faustica where they were met by Celestia, Galaxia and Cosmos."

Luna asked, "So, what was Celestia's reaction to Twilight and her minions showing up?"

Colgate was getting agitated and said, "Well, they found out about how I went there and released Brevity."

Brevity interrupted, "So our tyrant sister knows that Brevity has returned?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, she does.  Because they know that you want to rule Alicorn Island yourself the royal family over there has sworn allegiance to Twilight.  They do not want you to rule over there Brevity.  The way they are thinking right now, LaurFa would rather have Twilight ruling the world with an iron hoof than have you ruling Alicorn Island."

Brevity asked, "Did she specifically say this?"

Colgate replied, "No she did not but I can tell the way they were talking that they will do anything to keep you off the throne over there.  Why else would Luna's parents and sister vow to aid Twilight when Cosmos himself said that normally they would not aid anypony in taking the world but that this changes things?"

Luna asked, "Did they say anything about me?"

Colgate replied, "The only ponies they were talking about were Brevity and myself.  Chances are they will have some sort of meeting similar to ours after they eat supper.  That is one way that Twilight and I think alike, eat our meal first and then have a meeting."

Lyra asked, "So is Spike going to help them in their attack on us?"

Colgate replied, "Chances are that he will help them in attacking us, which means that we will have a new form of exercises that we must engage in.  Taking on a dragon takes a whole new level of preparation."

Rainbow Dash asked, "Wait a minute, isn't it impossible to kill a dragon?  Their scales are tougher than steel.  They are impenetrable."

Colgate replied, "While that is what everypony believes and has been taught, there is one thing that not many know about dragons.  There is one tiny soft spot on their underside.  It is an area where there is no scale which exposes it's soft hide.  It is extremely difficult to strike but if you have the proper accuracy, use the proper force, a sharp spear and excellent eyesight, a dragon can be brought down."

Pinkie asked, "Is Spike like he was and can only breathe enough fire to cough up letters from Princess Celestia or can he breathe real fire now?"

Colgate replied, "Excellent question Pinkie.  He can now breathe fire like a normal adult dragon so I will need to do research and write an armor spell that will protect us from dragon fire.  I am sure it can be done."

Starswirl interrupted, "Colgate, while I did not write a direct spell to do it, a lot of information that could help you is in a book titled 'Defenses Against Natural Hazards.'"

Colgate replied, "I have seen that one down there.  Thanks for letting me know."

Scootaloo asked, "Is there anything else that we need to discuss?"

Colgate replied, "Yes, there is.  We need to have around 1,000 spears made.  We also need to have a replica dragon made to act as a target for us to fire against.  I want those tips to me made of solid titanium and be so sharp that even touching the point will break skin."

Lyra asked, "Who will be making these spears?"

Colgate replied, "Steel Hooves will be making them.  He is great working with all metals.  I will notify him of this first thing tomorrow morning after breakfast.  As far as anything else, this is all for now.  You are all dismissed."

Scootaloo followed Colgate out of the throne room and said, "It sounds like we have a very tough battle ahead.  I never imagined we would have to face up against a dragon."

Colgate replied, "I didn't either.  This will be tough but I have a feeling that with enough practice and discipline, we can bring the beast down."

Scootaloo said, "I agree, we just need to work as much as we can on this."

Colgate yawned, "Well Scootaloo, I am going to hit the hay.  Why don't you go to the farm and relax. Once Steel Mane gets all those spears made, we will begin high intensity exercises."

While Colgate and Scootaloo headed off to hit the hay, in Faustica Twilight, LaurFa, her remaining officers, Celestia along with her parents and Spike gathered for their meeting in the castle courtyard.  Galaxia cleared out the courtyard of all other ponies so that there would not be any risk of spies.

Twilight started things out.  She said, "Ok, our journey here has been rough and from what happened between Neigh Zealand and here, I know that Colgate will stop at nothing to kill every single one of us."

Spike asked, "She won't be able to kill me will she?"

Twilight replied, "No, she won't be able to.  There is nothing that can penetrate dragon scales.  We will need you to help the rest of us as much as possible."

Spike answered, "Don't worry Twilight.  I will do anything and everything to protect all of us from harm.  Colgate is a tyrant and anypony who helps her is my enemy."

LaurFa asked, "So, how do you know that Colgate actually came over here and released Brevity Thrash?"

Cosmos replied, "Our lookouts saw her and some of her minions come over in a time bubble.  We were frozen for a few minutes twice because of her time freezing spells."

Twilight asked, "Oh no wonder everything froze for a bit a while back.  So what is so special about Brevity Thrash?"

LaurFa replied, "Well she does have a great amount of power and the ego to go with it but don't worry, I defeated her in the past and I will easily defeat her again."

Twilight asked, "So how did you defeat her?"

LaurFa replied, "Well she started a war against me here on Alicorn Island just because I wouldn't transform her start student into an Alicorn.  I was able to get that spell right but it was something that she couldn't do.  It resulted in a lot of death and destruction but I was finally able to banish her to a distant moon.  How Colgate got a hold of a spell to release Brevity Thrash is beyond me.  But that is basically the story of how that unfolded.  As far as anything else regarding her, I honestly can't remember given that some things happened eons ago."

Twilight knew there was a lot more to the story than just what LaurFa was telling because of what Starswirl had told her but she didn't want to say anything.  She did not want to cause LaurFa to turn on her.

Cosmos asked Twilight, "Twilight, how well do you know Colgate and the way her mind works?"

Twilight replied, "Well I know that she wants to prevent the world from being under the rule of me and me alone.  I hate to say this but she is a brilliant military mind but for a long time I never imagined her as the type to try to kill her enemies before they arrived at the battlefield.  This makes her extremely dangerous and a threat to our morale.  I will admit, when I lost my brother there was no way I could have faced her in battle."

Galaxia added, "This does make her more dangerous and it is obvious now that instead of banishing us if we were to lose, that she will probably either execute us or kill us in battle."

Twilight continued, "Also, she does have that eye that she can watch anything and everything that happens anywhere in the world."

Cosmos asked, "So can she just see what is going on or can she hear it as well?"

Twilight replied, "I think she can hear it as well.  It all depends on whether or not she is as powerful as me.  At one time I was the one with the power to use that jade Alicorn and I could see and hear some, but not all, things that were going on."

Spike asked, "Twilight, what if she is more powerful than you?"

Twilight replied, "Well nopony is more powerful than me but a pony with that kind of power could easily see and hear everything, even if we were inside a building and if powerful enough, that pony could even see and hear us if we were underground.  But don't worry, she isn't that powerful.  Chances are the most she can do is see us out here."

LaurFa asked, "But what about that storm that she cast?  You said that it was vastly more powerful than the one you cast on Rarity and your parents."

Twilight replied, "It was but I didn't want to make it more powerful than it needed to be.  After all, I would only use as much energy as I needed to.  I would never go for overkill on anything like that."

While Celestia believed that Twilight was lying about not going for overkill, everypony else began to wonder if Colgate was indeed so powerful that she could see and hear them no matter where they were.

Twilight asked, "Do any of the rest of you have any questions?"

Major Ice Wind asked, "When do you plan on replenishing your officers and when do you plan on duplicating non-officer dark Alicorns and changeling drones."

Twilight replied, "Well I will take care of the officer issue tomorrow and then handle the other dark Alicorns and changeling drones once we get to the west coast of Equestria.  Oh, and just so you and Dark Sky know, you are getting promotions.  Ice Wind, you are now a general and Dark Sky, you are a colonel."

"Wow!" said Ice Wind "I never imagined that I would reach the rank of general!"

Twilight growled, "Well if I were you I wouldn't be overly happy.  I say that because it is how you made it there.  You should never celebrate being promoted in rank because of the deaths of those higher ranked than you."

Ice Wind and Dark Sky looked at each other and realized that Twilight was right.  Ice Wind replied, "Ok, I understand that you are right Twilight."

Twilight looked at everypony and said, "Well I think we have discussed everything that we need to discuss.  It is getting late.  Let's enjoy one another's company and then get some rest."