//------------------------------// // The Unmaking of Evil // Story: Terror in Equestria 5: One Thousand Years Later // by StormLuna //------------------------------// Finally the threat of the world being cast into chains was gone. Colgate and her higher ups had just a few loose ends to tie before everything could return to normal. They needed to punish Twilight and her envoy before this could happen. Brevity walked up to LaurFa and laughed, "Well, well, well, it looks like Brevity has won this battle against you, the final battle between us." LaurFa scowled and replied, "Oh, and what makes you think this will be the final battle? Whatever you do to me, I will eventually escape because you do know that since we are Creator Goddesses, that we can't be killed and you can't banish me forever." Brevity mocked LaurFa saying, "Ooooh, look at me, I'm the high and mighty LaurFa. I can't be killed, you will never be rid of me! You'll see! Brevity knows things that you could never imagine!" Luna walked up to the rest of her family and said, "I just don't get it. How could the three of you want to help Twilight conquer the world? You know all you would be is stewards on Alicorn Island don't you. You wouldn't have had any real power. You would be nothing more than pawns in her hooves." Cosmos shouted, "Don't you remember when Twilight took the Jade Alicorn that you were on Twilight's side with me? So you are not this innocent pony who has never sided with her." Luna growled, "Well that was then and I was under her loyalty spell. Now I am a pony who thinks for herself and I will not fight for a pony who would put everypony in chains." Twilight shouted, "Would you two shut up. It is time for the Dark Goddess to speak! Colgate, you won't get away with this! I will find a way to get out of this ooze and you will face the wrath of the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle!" Colgate laughed, swatted Twilight's horn and replied, "Oh Twily, you are so funny! Just like last time, you are vanquished and you still think you can take everything back!" Scootaloo asked, "Colgate, what are we going to do with them?" Colgate replied, "Well initially I was going to transform Twilight into an earth pony but I am thinking something else." Brevity walked over and whispered into Colgate's ear that she has an excellent punishment for Twilight and her envoy that would rid the world of them once and for all. Colgate asked, "What is that Brevity?" Brevity replied, "Oh, you'll see. I will do this on Celestia first. I want to see what the others' reaction will be." Colgate replied, "Ok, go for it. General Dark Night, lead Celestia over by that charred building." Dark Night replied, "Will do Colgate, will do." Dark Night led Celestia over by the charred building. Colgate asked, "Do you have any last words Celestia before Brevity does whatever it is she is going to do?" Celestia broke down crying and said, "Twilight, you said that we would win. You said that this wouldn't happen to us." Twilight shouted, "You know what Celestia, I have heard you cry more than anypony else I have ever known. I sometimes wonder if you and Luna are even sisters. She is strong, focused, fearless and calm and collected. I remember how you cried when the first time I invaded Canterlot. She did her best to fight but thanks to you and your crying, she had to carry you out of battle because the city was lost." Luna said, "Yes Twilight, we are sisters. She used to not be like that until after your coronation and corruption. Continue on Celestia, I am sure we want to get these punishments done before it is time for supper." Celestia replied, "I have nothing else to say." Brevity said, "Ok everypony, Brevity needs you to look away as she casts this spell. Brevity will shine brighter than a thousand suns." Everypony looked away. Brevity began to glow extremely bright, her cutie mark was glowing brightly, her eyes began to shine a bright pink as she recited, "For this object was created in ancient times, long long before nearly anypony's time, the atoms that hold this together are strong but that won't last for long, for what was made can also be unmade for even atoms ultimately will go to their grave." Upon finishing the spell, a powerful bolt of pink energy struck Celestia, and she simply vanished into thin air. Finally Brevity stopped shining and everypony looked and saw that there was no trace of her. While Brevity had told everypony to look away, LaurFa saw a bit of what happened out of the corner of her eye and was horrified. LaurFa shouted, "Brevity, an unmaking spell? How the hay do you know that?" Brevity laughed, "Oh dear sister, do you remember when I couldn't get the spell to transform a unicorn into an Alicorn right?" LaurFa sneered, "Yes Brevity, I remember that." Brevity continued, "Well at the same time Brevity knew the unmaking spell and you could never get it right. Quite funny we think, Brevity saw your reaction to her unmaking Celestia. So sis, look at the bright side. Nopony will suffer during their punishments!" LaurFa shouted, "Brevity, you do know you can't unmake me. I, like you, am a Creator Goddess. We can be banished but we can't be destroyed." Twilight added, "Yeah Brevity, you can't do anything to her." Colgate decided that the time had come to have Brevity finish off her sister. She asked, "Dark Night, could you lead our distinguished guest of honor over to where Celestia was?" Dark Night replied, "Of course!" Dark Night led an overly confident LaurFa over to where Colgate wanted her. She kept on shouting, "She can't do anything to me! You'll see! After she tries her precious little spell and I'm still here, you'll let me and the rest of us go!" Brevity laughed, "Yeah, uh huh Twilight." Brevity again warned everypony to look away while she did this. Again she began to glow brightly and her eyes were shining a bright pink. She lowered her horn towards her sister and replied, "For this object was created in ancient times, long long before nearly anypony's time, the atoms that hold this together are strong but that won't last for long, for what was made can also be unmade for even atoms ultimately will go to their grave." Brevity fired a powerful beam of pink energy at LaurFa, and very quickly she disappeared without a trace. The remaining three prisoners looked to see that LaurFa was gone. They had a look of despair on their faces. Finally Galaxia asked, "Brevity, how could you be so cruel to unmake your own sister." Brevity replied, "LaurFa banished us eons ago and we decided that this was the perfect time for revenge. A type of revenge that can not be countered. Guess what, you are next." Colgate interrupted, "Brevity, do you think you could just unmake the rest of them all at once. It will be time for supper in an hour and I am hungry." Brevity replied, "Of course we can do them all at once. After all, we showed Fluttershy how we unmake things when we unmade that hill off to the northwest of town." Applejack commented, "So that's what happened to that hill. Wow, you're the most powerful pony I've ever seen!" Brevity smiled and nodded at Applejack. She then turned her attention to Twilight and Luna's parents. Twilight shouted, "You can't unmake me! I am the most powerful pony in existence! You can't unmake a Dark Goddess!" Brevity laughed, "Oh Twily, what are we going to do with you! You are so arrogant it makes you so adorable and pwecious!" Brevity walked over and pinched Twilight's cheeks. Twilight tried to bite Brevity's hoof but missed. Brevity continued, "Awww, our widdle Twily is so pwecious! Hers tried to bite us!" Everypony laughed as Brevity was talking to Twilight like she were a baby. Twilight shouted, "HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT ME LIKE THAT! YOU NEVER, EVER TALK DOWN TO A DARK GODDESS! WHEN I GET FREE, I'M KILLING ALL OF YOU!" Brevity grunted and said, "Ok, Brevity is sick of this. Everypony stand back and look away one more time. Twily and her pawns must go." Brevity once again began to shine brightly and her eyes were shining a bright pink Once more she recited, "For this object was created in ancient times, long long before nearly anypony's time, the atoms that hold this together are strong but that won't last for long, for what was made can also be unmade for even atoms ultimately will go to their grave." Brevity fired a bolt of pink energy and they vanished without a trace. When Brevity stopped glowing everypony looked to see that they were gone. The crowd began cheering loudly and chanting, "BREVITY, BREVITY, BREVITY!" Colgate addressed everypony, "Ok, it is time for supper. There will be no meeting tonight as tomorrow we will have one final meeting. I do have some awards I will be handing out to those who showed the greatest amount of courage. You are dismissed." After a much bigger supper than normal, all of those in Colgate's inner circle headed home while Colgate headed to bed. She felt a great sense of peace and had the best night of sleep in her entire life.