Avengers: War for Equestria

As the injured were carried back to S.M.I.L.E., none of the agents had any idea of the mystery that these mysterious passengers were. It was apparent that they had come from another planet: not another country, but another planet. Nevertheless, they were hurt and they needed to be taken care of. Upon arrival, the injured were taken to separate parts of the medical ward, but Sunset had a feeling for one of the injured.

"Don't hurt him," Sunset said to one of the doctors as she handed the plant creature to a nurse. "He's scared enough as it is."

"We won't hurt him," replied the nurse, taking the plant creature into the ward. "I promise you we'll help him."

Sunset sighed heavily as the plant creature opened its eyes weakly at Sunset. Dr. Banner noticed the sadness and sympathy Sunset had for the creature and went over to console her.

"Fury says that they are the best in Equestria," sighed Bruce. "They'll be fine. Can't say the same for their ship though."

Turning around, they saw the nose of the ship being examined by a team of agents and scientists, extracting any trace of Equestrian magic that was on the nose.

"Dr. Banner, I…I don't understand," sighed Sunset, her face filled with confusion. "How could Equestrian magic be found on out of all places, the nose of a ship from space? I know you recruited me to find any trace of Equestrian magic in my world, but…"

However, Sunset was silenced when Bruce placed a hand on her.

"Sunset, the only reason why we recruited you," he explained. "Is because we believe that those who seek to conquer this land you come from want to recruit any enemy of the Avengers and have them take the magic for themselves. We want to take all that magic out of your world and bring it back here."

This struck a chord with Sunset, for she meant that without Equestrian magic, the new world she called home would be left defenseless.

"Dr. Banner," she said firmly. "Why would you do that? My friends in the other world, they'll be left powerless to protect their world if any other enemy had already gained Equestria magic. You can't do this."

"Miss Shimmer," sighed Bruce, walking away from Sunset. "The magic in your world could become extremely dangerous if it ends up in the wrong hands. I'm acting on the best interest of this world and my world which you are now a part of."

"But it has already ended up in the wrong hands, Dr. Banner," pleaded Sunset. "Several times. Have you ever heard of the Dazzlings?"

"Who?"

"Three teenage girls that were once sirens in this world. They tried to turn everyone against each other to gain power. Their geodes were destroyed, and they were left powerless thanks to me and my friends. Whom do you know might try to get their hands on it?"

"I told you, any enemy of the Avengers. Now, please! My mind is made up!"

…

Sunset then began to notice a hint of green under Banner's skin and realized that he was becoming angry with her and if she kept it up, there would be consequences not just for her, but for everyone else inside the building.

"Wait, Dr. Banner!" called Sunset, running over to him. "What if I made a deal with you?"

"What kind of a deal?"

"What if I brought my friends here to Equestria, but we find someway to keep them human? Either way, Equestrian magic is going to be at risk to be taken by someone evil."

Banner suddenly became surprised by this and knew that he wasn't going to try and get his way out of the situation.

"Look, all I'm saying Dr. Banner," pleaded Sunset. "Is that the geodes my friends and I have contain power that might help you win this war that is looming over Equestria. Please, let them come and bring all of the magic that is in their world back here."

"Sunset," he sighed, the green underneath his skin disappearing as he calmed himself down while pacing back and forth. "You know that is not my call. I have to run that by not just with Fury, but also with the rulers of this land."

"I happen to personally know two of the rulers of this land," retorted Sunset. "One of whom helped me see the light of what I was doing was wrong and the other…"

Memories of her betraying Celestia came back to haunt Sunset, but she had to get the message out to Bruce.

"…well," she sighed. "Let's just say the other, I turned my back on for my own selfish gain."

…

Just then, they heard a buzzing and the door opened to reveal a light blue earth pony wearing a green skirt and a bird mask on her head being escorted into the base by a pair of guards. Her mane was wrapped in a tall bun.

"Excuse me," she said in a southern accent, looking over at Bruce and Sunset. "Are you Fury Swipes?"

"No, ma'am," replied Bruce. "Is there something I can help you with?"

"I saw the explosion," explained the mare. "And I knew that there were creatures inside. So, I want to see if I can help you in any way I can."

Sunset immediately took a keen interest in the mare, for she had a sense that this was no ordinary pony.

"Excuse me," she said to the mare. "You look familiar as if I had heard about you before? Who are you?"

"I'm Mage Meadowbrook," replied the mare. "A natural healer and one of the pillars of Equestria."

"You are a natural healer?" asked Dr. Banner, taken aback by Mage's presence. "Then, by all means, do whatever you can to help the injured."

Lowering her mask, Mage walked into the ward and upon entering, she was greeted by the doctors who backed away to let her do what she needed to do.

"They must know who she is," whispered Sunset as she and Bruce watched from the ward's window. "We should trust her and let her help those creatures."

"I guess you're right," sighed Bruce. "Now, let's see if we can bring your human friends here to join our cause."

…

Meanwhile, the skies over Equestria continued to darken as the Avengers, two of the pillars and two of the Elements of Harmony were making their way back to S.M.I.L.E.

"I'm not liking the look of this," Tony remarked trying to get the attention of the pony pulling them. "Isn't the weather in Equestria supposed to be controlled by the Pegasus ponies?"

Of course, the guardspony said nothing as the wind began to pick up strongly.

"Tony," cried Julia, her long red hair blowing wildly. "Maybe we should go on the ground or something, try to maybe, I don't know? Be safe!"

"She's got a point," remarked Peter from inside the chariot he was sharing with Jim.

From the front of the ranks, Fury Swipes knew that they were all heading for trouble and before any of them could figure any further what was going on, it suddenly happened.

"What the hell?" cried Steve as large balls of ice came out of the sky and onto the group below. "Since when there are hailstones in Equestria? Ow!"

Reacting fast, Starswirl attempted to cast a shield spell along with Twilight and Starlight to try and protect them all.

"Up there!" cried Rainbow Dash as she two Pegasus ponies fall unconcisous out of the sky and onto the shields below. "What in…?"

Suddenly, more wounded Pegasus ponies fell from the sky like rain and before Rainbow Dash could react, the hailstones grew stronger to the point that they broke through the shield.

"Everybody, hang on!" shouted Fury as the hailstones broke through the shield and a strong gust of wind began to blow hard on the group. "Something must be causing this!"

A loud thundering laugh was soon heard as a creature made entirely of wind clouds manifested in front of the group.

"Nice little storm, isn't it?" laughed the cloud.

"Arabus," whispered Fury Swipes as the cloud threw down more and more hailstones and several bolts of lightning on the group.

The storms grew stronger and then…disaster struck. The chariot carrying Julia and Tony was beginning to take a brutal toll and the chariot tipped, knocking Julia out of the chariot.

"JULIA!" screamed Tony as he watched the love of his life fall out of the chariot. Acting fast, Rainbow Dash flew down and caught Stark's Chief Operating Officer before she could fall to her death. But, just as Rainbow placed Julia back in the chariot, she was hit with a falling dead Pegasus back down to the earth below.

"RAINBOW!" cried Twilight, trying to fly down to save the Element of Loyalty, but was restrained by Starlight.

"Twilight, it's too dangerous!" shouted Starlight. Now, things were personal.

"Okay, now you've gone too far!" Tony cried as he tried to activated his armor, only to be stopped by Julia.

"Tony, we can't fight this guy up here! we've got to fall back!" she pleaded as . "This storm is too powerful!"

"Chuckles has a point there, guys!" added Jim. "We'd better get out of here!"

"When you're right, you're right!" cried Fury, signaling the guardsponies to move as fast as they can. "Let's move!"

Like several bolts of lightning, the chariots all ducked down into the clouds trying to get to safety, much to Arabus' irritation.

"This isn't over yet!" he cried as he disappeared into the clouds while Grogar watched from a distance.

"Look at them run," the goat laughed to his comrades, much to the irritation of Lavan. "Running away like whimpering dogs with their tails between their legs! You'll be running away much longer that before I'm finished with you!"

And the loud thundering laughs of Grogar were heard as the group retreated to the safety of S.M.I.L.E headquarters.