Avengers: War for Equestria

The alarms of S.M.I.L.E. rang out as word of the eruption caused by Lavan spread like literal wildfire. No sooner did everyone gather around the screen did they see pictures of ponies running for their lives.

"It's Maretonia," cried Twilight, looking over at Fury Swipes. "I'll fly over to see if they need help."

"I'll come too, Twilight," added Tempest, grabbing one of Twilight's wings. "It'll be dangerous!"

Twilight, touched by Tempest's dedication to her, agreed to let her go.

"In the meantime," addressed Fury Swipes. "I want any Avengers nearby to help out in Maretonia."

"Sir," said an agent pony calling over to Fury Swipes. "Colonel Jim Rhodes is approaching the Wonderbolt Academy. Should I send him to Maretonia at once?"

Suddenly, they saw a dot flying away from the plane and Fury Swipes knew what that meant. "

"I don't think that's necessary," he said, addressing all present. "All right, contact Rogers and tell him and his faction to get over to Maretonia now! Understand?"

Fury Swipes watched as the carnage played out on screen.

…

In Maretonia, the blasts coming from Mount Raganaros continued to spout our lava bombs onto the small village below. From above, Tony could see what was happening and immediately fired several water missiles to try and stop any incoming blasts.

"All right, we need to try and get as many of these ponies out as possible, gang," he said. "Julia, you and Peter start looking for any townsponies who might be trapped. I'll try and see if I can divert the lava away from the town."

"Got it, Tony," replied Julia on the radio. "And Tony? Be careful."

"You do the same," advised Tony.

Heeding his advice, Julia and Peter jumped into the town's streets to evacuate the citizens. Suddenly, they heard a loud scream.

"WE CAN'T MY SON OUT!" screamed a mother pony, standing in front of a burning house. "HE'S TRAPPED INSIDE THE HOUSE!"

Both Julia and Peter could tell that the house was about to be nothing but ash and cinder if they didn't do something. Taking action, the two spider heroes climbed onto the sides of the house as Peter tried to punch a glass window and get inside while the flames were coming down towards him. Julia had much better luck, kicking a window open and getting inside.

"HELLO!" she called, trying to not breath in the fumes. "IS ANYONE IN HERE?! HELLO!"

Finally, she heard the sounds of crying coming from behind a door. Running over, she tried to force the door open, but the handle was too hot.

"HELP! HELP!" cried a child-like female voice. "HELP ME!"

Julia then realized she needed to use her spider strength to try and force down the door. Clenching her fists, she managed to place her fists around the area of the doorknob, trying to turn it. However, the heat from the fires made it nearly impossible to open it.

"HELP ME!" the filly cried inside the burning bedroom.

"HOLD ON!" yelled Julia. Pulling her arms back in, she backed away from the door and charged at it, successfully breaking it down. Looking around, she saw the young pony against the corner of the bedroom. Julia could tell how frightened the pony was and knew she needed to get it out. But, the pony was frightened still, not because of the fire, but because of her being there.

"DON'T HURT ME!" the filly cried, scared of seeing Julia. "DON'T HURT ME!"

"It's okay!" Julia replied, trying to put on a brave face for the filly. "We're getting out of here!"

Clutching her doll tightly, the filly allowed herself to be picked up by Julia, but just as they reached the bedroom door, the fire blocked it. At that moment, Peter managed to break through the window and come to the aide of his mentor's girlfriend.

"JULIA!" Peter screamed, trying to shield his face from the flames. "ARE YOU IN HERE?!"

"PETER!" Julia screamed back, clutching the filly in her arms. "CAN YOU HELP US GET OUT OF HERE?! TAKE HER!"

"BUT, WHAT ABOUT…?"

"JUST TAKE HER, DAMMIT!" ordered Julia as Peter leapt forward and took the filly from Julia. "GO! I'LL CATCH UP!"

As another piece of the house broke off, Peter took the filly and knew that the only way to get out was through the window he went through to get in.

"All right," Peter said nervously. "Take a deep breath, sweetie! This might be a little rough!"

Taking a deep breath, Peter charged and was just about to escape, but he tripped over a broken spot in the floor and the filly was flung out of the house to Peter's horror.

"NOOO!" he cried, but he didn't have to dwell on the matter as he needed to get Julia out.

"PETER, ARE YOU INSANE?!"

"IT'S NOT MY FAULT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR!"

"OH, FORGET IT! WE'RE GOING TO BE FRIED SPIDERS IN A MINUTE IF WE DON'T GET OUT OF HERE!"

Both Peter and Julia tried desperately to see if they could find a way to escape, but alas, there was none.

…

For a moment, it seemed like both Spider Man and Spider Woman would die, but then, came a light of hope as blasts of water came soaring right past them. And at that moment, a silver armored flying machine came flying in front of them.

"Need a hand, Chuckles?" he asked.

"Rhody, you're a sight for sore eyes," laughed Julia as they all managed to get out of the still burning house, just as it collapsed.

It took another hour for the fires to be put out, but the damage to the town was already done. Of course, Julia's first order of business was to check on the filly she and Peter had managed to rescue from the burning house. Removing her mask, Julia stepped forward to the mother and daughter ponies.

"Is your daughter all right?" she asked, bending over to their level.

"She is, thanks to…whoever you are," answered the mother pony, sobbing quietly. "If it…hadn't been for you…"

"I'm a mother myself to a daughter back where I come from," remarked Julia. "It was very lucky of you to call us when you did."

"Yes, but who are you and where did you come from. For that matter, why are you here?"

"Mommy, she saved me," the filly interjected, trying to keep her mother quiet.

"Listen, S.M.I.L.E. is going to provide you with food and shelter until further notice," said Julia, as she turned around to see Tony landed back down on the ground. Just as she turned around, the filly leapt out of her mother's arms and hugged her leg. Julia couldn't help but feel amused at this.

"Thank you for saving me," the filly whispered as Julia bent down and hugged her tightly, before sending her back to her mother.

"Makes you think of Rachel, doesn't it?" Tony remarked, walking over to his girlfriend's side.

"Yeah," sighed Julia. "It does."

…

Just then, Tempest came over with Twilight and several guardsponies carrying a few injured ponies on stretchers.

"Are you Tony Stark?" Twilight asked.

"Yes."

"I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship. Thank you and for your friends in trying to save the citizens of Maretonia."

"It's our pleasure, Princess Twilight," Tony answered, removing his helmet. "But, you know that I didn't originally come here because of this."

"Yes, we are aware of that. But, there is going to be a lot to talk about in the days ahead."

Just then, Twilight turned to see both Wade Wilson and Bucky Barnes coming into the village being escorted by several guardsponies.

"Bucky? Wade? What are you doing here?" Tony asked, darting over to them.

"Trying to stop the source of the fire," answered Bucky, bending down to catch his breath. "It was some lava demon in the mountain. Called himself…Lavan."

Twilight's eyes widened upon hearing this and went over to Bucky's side.

"Lavan? Are you certain?" she asked.

"Very much, Twilight Twinkle," gasped Wade.

"Sparkle."

"Whatever you say. Anyways, this guy was dangerous. He melted almost all of my swords."

Of course, being the leader of the Avengers, Tony stepped forward to talk to the two men himself.

"We're going to have quite a conversation as soon as we sort all of this out," Tony said. "I want explanations about this Lava dude and what he is up to."

"Tony, I think there is going to be more than meets the eye here," remarked Julia, walking over to his side along with Peter.

"There is more than meets the eye," said Tempest. "And we can brief you when we return to S.M.I.L.E."

…

While the cleanup continued in Maretonia, back at S.M.I.L.E., Sunset Shimmer was once again a pony as she stepped through the portal with Bruce and Dr. Strange.

"How come you didn't turn into ponies?" she asked Bruce. "I thought humans become ponies when they come into Equestria."

But, she couldn't get an answer for at that moment, Fury Swipes and Agent Romanoff came up to her.

"Sunset Shimmer," he said, looking down intently at her. "We have a few questions to ask of you about Equestrian magic where you come from."

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