Avengers: War for Equestria

Just as they were told to do, Bray and the donkey platoon brought Lavan back to Tambeleon and another member of the their team was assembled. As they returned, Grogar learned of the volcano that Lavan had caused.

"Well," chuckled the demonic goat, as he looked at a viewing globe showing the burning of Maretonia. "You certainly have made yourself known Lavan. Furthermore, you have proven to me that you are quite the force to be reckoned with."

"All I hope for you is to admire what I can do, Emperor Grogar," replied Lavan, as Grogar chuckled in delight. "My powers of fire are unlike anything anypony has ever seen before."

Of course, there was a sense of jealousy among a few of the members.

"Don't forget, hot head," remarked Chrysalis, lounging on a sofa and filing the tips of her holed hooves. "You are merely nothing more than a creature made entirely of fire that burns anything that he comes into contact with. Tell me something, have you ever stepped foot into Canterlot?"

"What is Canterlot?"

This caused the entire group to look over at him in shock and surprise.

"Just who are you?" asked Tirek, walking over to him. "Every single one of us has stepped into Canterlot to fulfill our personal goals."

"Speaking of goals," interjected Grogar. "Our spies in Canterlot have been looking at what appeared to be a citizen of Canterlot who has been living in exile for several years. A pony who spent a good deal of his time inventing strange contraptions. Of course, he got into some sort of trouble and well, he was sentenced to ten years in a cell in Tartarus."

Grogar then turned his attention over to Tirek, stepping over to him with a small smirk on his face.

"I want him to join our ranks," he said, firmly. "And I want you, Tirek, to bring him to me."

"Of course," interejected Chrysalis, suddenly rising out of her lounging position. "You are going to need to have some help from a creature who can well…change into anything."

"I specifically recruited Queen Chrysalis for her ability to take on any shape or anypony," remarked Grogar. "You shall prove yourself useful with this mission, Chrysalis by distracting those foolish guards while Tirek breaks the inventor out of his prison."

Tirek sneered at the idea of Chrysalis helping him, but he had little choice. In his mind, he thought that Chrysalis was going to be out to steal his thunder.

"And of course," added Chrysalis, becoming seductive around Tirek. "You can steal all the magic you want to make yourself stronger, Tirek. That's one thing we have in common, big horns, we both have a desire to steal something out of Equestria. I take love, you take magic. So, what do you say, Tirek? Shall we make an alliance?"

Tirek took a moment to absorb what had just been said to him and let out a deep sigh.

"If you say so," he said.

"Then it's settled," finished Grogar, turning his attention back to Sombra, Lavan and his donkey forces. "Go to Tartarus at once and bring the inventor here to me. As for the rest of you, we have important matters to attend to."

"What important matters?" asked Sombra, but Lavan had a good idea of what Grogar was planning to do and he wasn't liking it at all. Nevertheless, they all did as they were told.

…

Back at S.M.I.L.E., Sunset Shimmer was led to an interrogation room where she was left alone with Fury and Natasha Romanoff.

"All right, Sunset," he said. "I wanted to apologize first hand for bringing you back here so suddenly. However, we have a dangerous threat to combat that affects the entire universe. Tell us, how much Equestrian magic has ended up in your world?"

"I can't give you an exact number, but it was quite a lot of it. Anyway, if there is Equestrian magic where I live now, then why bring me back here?"

"Because some of the enemies of your current home may have obtained the magic you brought from here and might end being recruited by Grogar to come here and fight against us," explained Fury, pushing a piece of paper in front of Sunset. "Do you know of anyone in your world who might have been consumed with it?"

"The only ones I know of are two girls named Wallflower Blush and Vignette Valencia," answered Sunset. "They were consumed by Equestrian Magic and it took me and my friends to stop them both from achieving their respective goals. Well, Wallflower had Clover the Clever's object that takes memories."

"An object that takes memories?" wondered Natasha. "Where is it now?"

"It's been destroyed."

Both Natasha and Fury looked at each other with worried glances for they knew that not everything could be totally destroyed.

"Look, I'm telling you both the truth," protested Sunset, detecting that they thought she was lying to them. "Clover's item had been destroyed."

"We know you're telling the truth, Sunset," replied Fury. "But, Equestria is a place far different from the world you live in. If our enemies manage to recruit any of the Avengers' enemies, then the stakes are going to be a lot higher than they already are."

"What other enemies? And who are the Avengers?"

It was apparent to Fury and Natasha that Sunset clearly had no idea of what was happening. There was still so much for Sunset to take in just a short period of time.

…

Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, Celestia, Luna and Cadence were being briefed on the situation in Maretonia.

"Some lava creature caused this? Are you certain?" she asked Twilight through a calling spell in the throne room

"We are very certain of it, Celestia," answered Twilight. "That's what two of the Avengers told us. If you don't believe me…"

"I'm trying to believe you, Twilight," interrupted Celestia, briefly lowering her head down in despair. "But, I'm also trying to process why we've never heard of this lava creature before. Has the Duke and Duchess of Maretonia been told of what has happened?"

"I'm sure they have been told of what is happening. Either way, I have a feeling that Grogar's return must have a purpose. We're heading back to S.M.I.L.E. now for a post mission briefing."

At that moment, Celestia realized what needed to be done.

"Twilight," she said firmly. "I want all of you to come here to Canterlot tomorrow for a meeting, yourself, Fury, Stark, everybody. Clearly, you're right, Grogar's return means something and I want us to continue preparing for the fight ahead. Understood?"

"Yes, Celestia," replied Twilight as the call spell came to an end.

…

Later that night, Twilight and the others left Maretonia and returned to S.M.I.L.E. headquarters, completely exhausted. Then, Twilight saw Sunset walking out of the interrogation room with Fury and Natasha.

"Sunset?" Twilight cried, running over to Sunset and hugging. "What are you doing here?"

"They wanted to ask me of how much Equestrian magic is in my world," answered Sunset. "They think that Grogar might be after it or the Avengers' enemies in my world are after it."

"Are you certain?" asked Twilight to Fury.

"We think it might be possible."

"Anyways, we all have a meeting scheduled with Princesses Celestia, Luna and Cadence," said Twilight, addressing the group gathered around her. "I expect you all to be there because if the fire in Maretonia is of any indication, then I don't know what else."

Taking to the air, Twilight left to return to her castle while the rest of the group wondered what tomorrow was going to bring.

"Well, this won't be about the new building I wanted to build in Canterlot," remarked Tony as he, Julia, Jim and Peter walked away. "That's for sure. How are you feeling?"

"Little extra crispy," answered Julia, showing Tony a burn hole in the left arm of her Spider Woman suit. "But otherwise, fine. Can't help but feel sorry for that filly we saved today. Makes me think of Rachel."

"Well, that's why I pay you the big bucks and get all the bonuses," said Tony. "So, that you and Rachel can live the life you both deserve."

"So, what happens now, Tony?" asked Jim.

"We meet with the big cheeses of Equestria tomorrow and who knows what will happen next or when that Lava Dude will strike again. No matter what happens though, we face it together, right?"

…

Meanwhile, in the depths of Equestria at Tartarus prison, Chrysalis and Tirek were about to carry out their orders of freeing the mad pony inventor from his prison…