Lunch time had come and gone and Colgate led everypony down to the archives where she unlocked the door and led everypony in. She was bound and determined to make sure her allies knew more magic than Twilight.

"Ok everypony," said Colgate "all of Twilight's spells are in this box. Over here on this table are the scrolls and books that she used to write them. You have to read the books before you can understand the spells. I have placed bookmarks in them to mark where the material is you need to read to understand the spells."

Applejack said, "Ah am wondering, how many days will we be able to study down here before we will have to fix everything back to the way it was so Twilight won't know we were down here?"

Colgate replied, "We will have two days of high intensity education before I will have to fix everything back to the way it was. I have the books I used for my spells over in my house right now. On the third day i will bring over the books that I borrowed from here to write my own spells. We will have very high intensity education for two days. On the first day it will be reading the material I used and on the second day, study my spells and then practice casting all the spells you will be learning, both Twilight's and mine. That way, we will have finished everything and still have a day and a half before she gets home."

Luna asked, "What will we do once Twilight leaves for that second trip?"

Colgate replied, "First we will go and educate Lyra as that is a must. Once Rainbow Dash, a few of my soldiers and myself return, we will practice our spells and fine tune them if we need to. I will then watch them using the eye. On the day that they return, when they reach the coast, I will increase the size of both the dark Alicorns and changelings tenfold."

Fluttershy asked, "How many soldiers will she be taking with her on the second trip?"

Colgate replied, "Like this one, she will only be taking her two generals. So when she returns, she will have no choice but to surrender."

Rainbow Dash asked, "What is Twilight going to do when she returns from her second trip and we suddenly start using our advanced magic?"

Colgate replied, "Well she will know that it will be surrender or go down in battle. She will be facing up against six Alicorns who are more advanced in magic than she is. She will especially know her reign of terror will be over when we shatter her and her army's armor."

Pinkie was looking through one of the books and said, "Wow, these books do give good information. This says, 'The changeling's power is good, but not great, they can fire ooze but not enough to make their foes lose, for them to be great, they must fire bolts of hate, the energy shall be strong so their enemies won't last for long.'"

Colgate said, "Pinkie, where did you find this?"

Pinkie replied, "I found it in this book about unusual and rarely used spells."

Colgate said, "Pinkie, you have found the one thing that nopony else has been able to! Now we can cast a spell upon our changelings and their attacks will be much more powerful!"

Rainbow Dash was stunned by this. She said, "Wow Pinkie, it is awesome you found that. Now to learn how to use that spell."

Pinkie replied, "I think I know what energies are needed to do that. It will require a type of energy that isn't like Luna's, that isn't like Celestia's and that isn't really like what Discord used when he was Discord. I am working on the exact details of it in my head right now, but hopefully this will work and our changelings can have tons of fun bringing down Twilight and her goons."

Colgate said, "Ok everypony, we need to read through all the books and information that I have marked today. Then tomorrow we will read Twilight's spells and you guys can figure it out."

They spent five hours reading through the books and all the spells that Twilight had bookmarked along with the changeling spell, which Colgate studied as well. This really taxed all of them as they were not used to this much studying.

Colgate said, "Ok everypony, it is time for supper. Let's go up and eat some supper and then discuss a few things in the throne room and then you can head home for the night."

Applejack said, "Ah like this idea. Ah am so hungry right now!"

Colgate and her recruits headed upstairs and were greeted by her officers. Lightning Wasp asked, "Hi everypony, how did all the studying go?"

Colgate replied, "It has gone very well so far, Pinkie even found a new spell to help you changelings have more power in your attacks."

Lightning Wasp said, "Really? That is amazing Pinkie! That is something that we have been hoping for. Perhaps after we defeat the dark goddess, you could host a huge party for all of us!"

Pinkie replied, "Weee. That will be fun!"

Colgate said, "Before we go planning any parties, we need to focus at the task at hand, which right now is learning all these spells. There are many more things ahead of us before any kind of party can be planned."

Ice Storm said, "Here comes our supper! It looks so tasty!"

Colgate replied, "I'm glad to hear that. I'm sure it will be just as tasty as it looks."

Colgate and everypony else enjoyed one another's company while they ate supper. Like always, they did not discuss anything involving the military during supper, after supper, they headed to the throne room for a quick meeting before everypony headed home.

Colgate said, "Alright everypony, things have gone well today. I want you here by seven in the morning so that we can have a good filling breakfast. We will be studying Twily's spells and learning them for a good portion of the day. If we learn them well enough tomorrow we can start studying the books that I wrote my magic from so I will be bringing those over from my house."

Fluttershy asked, "Who will be taking care of my critter friends while I am gone all day?"

Colgate asked, "Who has been taking care of them while you have been busy here lately?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo have been caring for them."

Colgate asked, "Have they been doing a good job?"

Fluttershy replied, "Yes, my animals absolutely love them. Even Opal has grown to like them."

Colgate said, "Wow! Then they are doing a great job. They will continue to care for them then."

Lightning Wasp asked, "What other issues do we have to discuss tonight?"

Colgate replied, "We have no other issues to discuss. This meeting is adjourned."

Over the next three days Colgate was able to teach her recruits all of Twilight's spells along with her non-time related spells. She along with everypony else worked hard on learning Pinkie's spell, which was difficult since it required energies that nopony really knew much about.

Two days before Twilight was to arrive home Colgate had all the books, scrolls and papers back in the exact place where she found them. That day they were out at the base practicing some of the spells. Colgate needed the assistance of some changeling drones and some dark Alicorn soldiers for the testing of the armor shattering spell.

"Lightning Wasp," said Colgate "I need you to gather some changeling drones and Alicorn soldiers. I along with my recruits need to test an armor shattering spell. Don't worry, it won't hurt them."

Lightning Wasp replied, "Ok, we can do that."

Lightning Wasp led several dark Alicorns and several changelings out into the test range. He said, "Don't worry guys, this will not harm you."

They replied, "Ok Colonel, we won't move out of the way."

Colgate said, "Alright guys, first I must cast a powerful armor spell upon you."

Colgate's began to glow a deep shade of blue, her eyes began to glow blue and her horn began to glow as she recited, "The one without armor does not stand a chance, so it is what we must enhance, the unarmed one will likely receive death, with armor he shall continue to draw breath, without armor he will be torn to shreds like a rag but with armor victory is in the bag."

Colgate fired the energy at them and the energy was quickly absorbed into their bodies, giving them nearly indestructible armor. Colgate said, "Alright guys, now the time has come to see if my armor shattering spell works."

One of the drones asked, "Will this kill us?"

Colgate replied, "Like I said before I started this, no, it won't."

Colgate began to glow like she did before and she recited, "Our foes' armor is great, that is something I hate, with their armor they are strong, but them having armor is just plain wrong, now their armor is gone and it is time for them to say bye as they are struck by energy and die."

Colgate fired her energy at them and there was the sound of glass shattering, what appeared to be blue glass shattered around them. Colgate knew that the spell worked.

Colgate said, "You see guys, it didn't do anything to you. Alright, everypony else will now do the same thing I did. You need to put a strong armor spell on them and then shatter it."

Luna asked, "I know your shattering spell worked on your armor spell, but will our spells work on other ponies' armor shields?"

Colgate replied, "Thanks for bringing that up Luna. We will need to work our shattering spells on each other's armor spells."

They spent the day working on their spells and fine tuning the amount of energy they use. Everything was working out perfectly, which pleased Colgate greatly. There was just one more that they needed to test out, and that was Pinkie's spell.

"Pinkie," said Colgate "We are going to test your spell out on our changelings now."

Pinkie replied, "Okie Dokie!"

Colgate said, "Lightning Wasp, Dark Cloud, I need you two to stand over here by the tower. Pinkie has a spell she needs to cast on you. It is supposed to make your energy far more powerful."

The two officers stood over by the tower while Pinkie got ready to cast her first spell.

Pinkie began to glow pink, her eyes began to glow pink and her horn began to glow pink as she recited, "The changeling's power is good, but not great, they can fire ooze but not enough to make their foes lose, for them to be great, they must fire bolts of hate, the energy shall be strong so their enemies won't last for long."

Pinkie's energy hit them and then was absorbed by their bodies. They then started firing ooze energy off in the other direction. Besides just firing ooze, it fired powerful energy as it left burn marks in the grass where it hit.

Colgate saw this and said, "Pinkie, that worked even better than I thought! Now the rest of us need to see how well we can make that spell work.

Colgate along with everypony else cast the spell on various changelings and it worked just as good as Pinkie's did. This thrilled both Colgate and Pinkie.

Pinkie said, "Weee, they're going to have so much fun taking down Twily and her forces!"

Colgate replied, "Yes they will. Thing is though, Twilight probably won't be bringing any military with her when she gets home from that second trip except for Thunder Rage and Dark Night. But still, we will prepare as though she were bringing a million soldiers with her."

Supper time arrived on Saturday and Colgate along with her officers and recruits set down for one last supper together before Twilight got home. Colgate made sure that they had a huge meal, much larger than anything Twilight had served.

Colgate told them, "You have all done well. I am not sure exactly when Twilight will go on her trip to Maredrid, but when she does, you know what our plan of action is."

Luna replied, "Yes, we know what it is. Well, here comes our food! Enough business talk for now!"

Author's Notes:

Invisibility----"Whether it be one or a bunch of ones, nopony needs to see so that we don't have to flee, invisibility is the treat of not having to retreat."

Visibility---"The unseen shall now be seen, with their friends being present, hiding only shows resent, those who have disappeared shall now appear."

Duplication---"From one to two, two to four and so much more, when one is simple mere, more and more shall appear."

Banish to void--- "You have committed treason and that is not in season, you are a threat to me and I simply can not let that be, I can no longer be annoyed so you shall be cast into the void."

Loyalty spell---"From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate."

Giving drones a mind of their own---"those without a mind are in a bind, no longer shall they just be, but they will still be loyal to me, for officers they are now but they don't ask how."

Unbanish---"The one who has been banished has done their time, they are now forgiven for their crime, their time has come, now they need to contribute some, it is Equestria that they must serve or into the spiral of the void they shall curve."

Transform unicorn to Alicorn--- "The unicorn who has no wings is bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these wings they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate."

Transform multiple unicorns to Alicorns--- "The unicorns who have no wings are bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these wings they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate."

Transform Pegasus to Alicorn---"The one who can fly likes to fly free desires the powers that allow the unicorn to be, he/she wishes so much to levitate and create, rather than berate, for the winged one now has magic, without that it would be tragic."

Transform Earth Pony to Alicorn---"The pony without magic or flight is in a bind, for they feel like they have fallen behind, they work themselves to death, even to their very last breath, for now with magic and wings, great things shall be what life brings."

Increase size of pony---"The small one wishes they were tall so that they won't have to crawl, with height their future is bright and everything will be alright, for the small one is small no more, with height their happiness shall be galore."

Mature pony--"The innocent pony is unsure of who she wants to be, that may be cute but it is not what is good for me, she needs to mature if she is to be strong for without maturity she won't last for long, the naive one shall be so no more, for her maturity will carry her into lore."

Strengthen Armor---"The one without armor does not stand a chance, so it is what we must enhance, the unarmed one will likely receive death, with armor he shall continue to draw breath, without armor he will be torn to shreds like a rag but with armor victory is in the bag."

Activate Jade Alicorn---"The jade Alicorn will help me see all, without it I might miss a brawl, while the distances are great, I can see all the hate, wisdom is what comes along with the eye so that overthrowing me nopony will try."

Hurricane spell--- "The nice weather must come to an end, for without a storm the enemy will not bend, the wind shall be strong and my enemies won't last for long, a hurricane is a must so the tyrants will sink and go bust."

Fixing spell--- "The city was devastated by a storm, which is not the norm, their suffering is great yet we can not allow normalcy to be late, the city must be restored to the way it was before so they can pay taxes like they did before.

COLGATE'S SPELLS

Unlock---"The door is locked, but from me my information is blocked, a lot of learning I have to do, but with this locked I won't have a clue, now the door is open for me and infinite knowledge for me shall now be."

Lock---"Right now the door is not locked, from others the information is not blocked, the others must not be allowed to learn, for this is not theirs to earn, the door is now closed for all but me because infinite knowledge is not free."

Shatter Armor---"Our foes' armor is great, that is something I hate, with their armor they are strong, but them having armor is just plain wrong, now their armor is gone and it is time for them to say bye as they are struck by energy and die."

Return Blue sky---"The sky is purple which is ok for some, but it just makes me numb, for I miss the way it used to be, blue is beautiful to me, the normal sky shall be back and everything will return on track."

Drain pony---"The large pony is too big for me, for smaller the pony shall be, the size and knowledge will become mine, but the negative qualities is where I draw the line, for what must grow is my power, so that I may remain in the tower."

Change eye blue---"The green eye is not for me, for blue is what it shall be, the evil shall be banished as the good can not vanish, what shall return will be an eye of blue as it is the perfect hue."

Freeze time---"Tick tock, tick tock, look at the racing clock, what is short is time and being late is a crime, we must finish on top so it is time I must stop, with time froze, it is my enemies I shall bulldoze."

Unfreeze time---"Look at the clock, it is stuck in place, with this there can be no pace, everything is still but that does not fit the bill, for now the clock shall again run so everypony can have fun."

Time bubble---"A bubble is what we need, so from frozen time we can be freed, in this bubble we can move fast, while everything else is stuck in the past, it is frozen time which through we must pass so we will never be late to class."

Undo time bubble---"In the bubble time continues to run, but now the time outside runs and allows fun, the bubble must burst so we can quench our thirst, from the bubble we are now free and everything we can clearly see."

PINKIE'S SPELL

"The changeling's power is good, but not great, they can fire ooze but not enough to make their foes lose, for them to be great, they must fire bolts of hate, the energy shall be strong so their enemies won't last for long."