The next day arrived in Ponyville and Colgate headed down to the blacksmith to discuss with him the need for spears. Steel Mane saw her coming and asked, "Colgate, how is everything going? I take it you need me to make some more armor?"
Colgate replied, "No, this is something far more serious. Twilight will be launching an attack on us within a month or so and she is bringing a dragon with her."
Steel Mane gasped and replied, "Wow, that does not sound good. What do you think will work? I have heard that dragons are impossible to kill."
Colgate replied, "Well there is one little secret about dragons that not many ponies know. There is a tiny spot on their underside where there is not a scale protecting their skin. If we can penetrate that with a long, sharp object we will be able to bring him down."
Steel Mane asked, "I take it you need spears?"
Colgate replied, "Yes. I am thinking we need 1,000 spears and I believe that titanium tips that are so sharp they would break anypony's skin if it is even touched will do the trick."
Steel Mane said, "Well you are in luck. I just got a shipment of titanium in yesterday. I don't know why but something kept telling me to order some. My apprentices and I will get to work on this right away. Oh, and what do you want the rest of the spear to me made of?"
Colgate replied, "Steel if it is possible. I want these spears to be as strong as possible."
Steel Mane said, "Well we have plenty of steel so this won't be a problem. Given that I have ten apprentices right now these should be ready in a week."
Colgate replied, "Thanks for the confidence in me but I'm sure anypony in my army could bring it down. My second in command and I will be here in a week to pick them up."
As Colgate headed back to her black tower Colgate was kind of worried that Twilight and her minions might leave Faustica sooner than that and they would have no spears to use against the dragon yet she realized that spears aren't easy to make. As she entered the black tower she ran into Scootaloo. Scootaloo could sense the nervousness within her.
Scootaloo asked, "Colgate, what is wrong? You seem really nervous."
Colgate replied, "I am kind nervous right now. Steel Mane said it would take him and his apprentices a week to make the spears we will need."
Scootaloo had a nervous look and asked, "I don't know if we will have enough time to prepare for the attack. What if they decide to leave Faustica early and attack before then?"
Colgate replied, "That is what I am worried about. The best we can hope for is that Twilight and her minions take time to clear their minds over there for a while and then sail east instead of using a lot of energy flying here."
Scootaloo asked, "Do you think we better call a meeting and let everypony know about this?"
Colgate replied, "I do believe they need to be notified but I don't think we need a long meeting to tell them about this. All we need is a brief get together after supper. Nothing serious."
Scootaloo and Colgate headed to the black tower to discuss other matters regarding the attack as Spike isn't the only threat. In Faustica the sun is rising and Twilight wakes up with her mane and tail in a mess. She rushes down to the dining hall before brushing it as she had overslept.
Everypony else saw her come down in that state and Celestia asked, "Twilight, what happened? You didn't even bother to brush your mane or tail this morning."
Twilight replied, "Well I didn't want to be late for breakfast. You know how I feel about tardiness."
Galaxia stood up and said, "Well everypony, I am not sure if we are quite ready to attack them at this time, what is your thoughts on this?"
Twilight growled, "Galaxia, you know I don't like to discuss battle plans during meals. Besides, I like to focus on my meal when I am eating."
Galaxia could tell Twilight was not pleased, but then again Twilight tends to be an unpleasant pony to be around a majority of the time. Finally after breakfast they head to the throne room to discuss the upcoming attack.
Twilight addressed them, "Alright everypony, as you all know that within the month we will be going to attack Ponyville so that I may retake the world and control everything once more."
Celestia asked, "Twilight, what sorts of preparations do you think that they will be making to prepare for us?"
Twilight replied, "Well I do know that Colgate will be working on some sort of spell to protect their forces from dragon fire."
Cosmos asked, "Twilight, how do you know that she will be preparing for Spike?"
This angered Twilight greatly. She screamed, "Cosmos, don't you remember how she can see what we are doing? I know that she will have them preparing for Spike. For all we know she might be having spears made to fire at him."
General Ice Wind asked, "Twilight, wouldn't that be rather wasteful on their part since dragons can't be killed?"
Twilight replied, "Actually general, it might not be wasteful on their part. There is an old legend about an extremely small bare spot on a dragon's underside. However, for the spear to penetrate the dragon's skin, it has to be made out of titanium and be extremely sharp, not to mention be fired with an extremely high amount of energy."
Galaxia commented, "Wow, I didn't know that dragons had any kind of weakness."
Twilight replied, "Unfortunately yes, they do. Luckily that is the only soft spot and it is next to impossible to hit."
LaurFa asked, "What if they were to get their hooves on titanium tipped spears?"
Twilight replied, "I'm not worried about it, I don't think there ever has been much in the way of titanium in Equestria and even if they did get some, it would be in a small quantity and there is no way their blacksmith could get it sharp enough to penetrate that tiny small spot. Besides, the chances of an Alicorn launching one of those and hitting that spot is one in a billion, and that is if they have been practicing for weeks and has perfect eyesight."
Galaxia had a look of concern on her face as she thought that Twilight was underestimating the enemy. She asked, "Twilight, I don't think we should so easily underestimate our enemy. Aren't you worried that one of them might get a lucky shot or that they might have more titanium than you think?"
This sent Twilight into a rage. She shouted, "You know what Galaxia, I think secretly you are on the side of the enemy! You wouldn't be questioning me if you weren't. Maybe I should banish you to the void right now. I can't have tyrants among my ranks."
Cosmos got in between the two. He said, "Twilight, if she were on the side of the enemy, she would not say a word and just let us go into battle unprepared. No disrespect but I don't see any logic in your attack on her."
Twilight growled, "Ok, you are right. I just want to make sure that everything goes according to plan."
Twilight was irritated, as always, when her suggestions and thoughts were proven to be illogical. She headed up to her sleeping quarters and pouted. She was worried that she was starting to lose focus and had to get her thoughts rational again.
In Ponyville Colgate was watching this and she was thrilled. She said to herself, "If Twily can continue to blow up like this and pout like a spoiled filly, she won't be all that focused when she comes here and our victory will be guaranteed!"