Avengers: War for Equestria

With the events in Tartarus still fresh in everyone's mind, the Princesses and the Avengers prepared to hold their meeting the next morning. While Steve and his faction stayed at Wonderbolt Headquarters, Tony and his faction were staying at Twilight's castle. Tempest, Grubber, Sunset and the others were staying at S.M.I.L.E.

"I will have to admit," remarked Julia as she did her hair in front of a mirror dressed in a white full slip. "For a pony, Twilight Sparkle is very accommodating to us."

"It's not a Hilton, Marriott or IHG hotel chain, but it's doable," replied Tony, adjusting his black necktie. "Although I have stayed in better locations, that's for sure. By the way, did you get this note just now from the US Embassy in Canterlot?"

This made Julia stop what she was doing and go over to read what was on Tony's phone.

"My phone's been silent all night. What's going on?"

"Apparently there was a break in at Tartarus prison last night."

"So, the Greek word for hell has the name of a prison?" asked Julia, walking back to finish preparing herself. "Can't be as bad as the other prisons we have heard of."

Just then, the door knocked and Tony went to answer it. Opening it, he saw Twilight's assistant Spike, the baby dragon looking up at him.

"Mr. Stark?" he asked.

"It's just Tony, little pal," chuckled Tony, looking down at him. "What's up?"

"Twilight just wanted me to tell you that we are leaving in a half hour for Canterlot," replied Spike. "Can you and Miss Carpenter be down in a bit?"

"It's just Julia."

"Uh, yeah. Did you hear about what happened last night?"

"We heard," replied Tony. "Tell Twilight we'll be down in a bit."

Nodding, Spike left to leave Tony and Julia to finish preparing.

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A little while later, Tony and Julia, dressed in her blue business suit and her gold pearl necklace around her neck, came downstairs to the castle's dining hall to meet up with Twilight and her pupil, Starlight Glimmer, along with the rest of Tony's faction, dressed in business attire.

"I trust you all slept well," said Tony, looking out among his faction which now included Wade Wilson and Bucky Barnes. "By the way, has anyone seen Thor since we've been here?"

"Speaking of Thor…" said Peter who then motioned for them to see Thor walking in with a plate of pancakes in his hands along with Rockhoof, one of the pillars of Equestria. "Came in late last night along with this guy."

"Sorry if we came in late," Thor said, as he ate the pancakes in front of him. "We had a hard time getting here with the security and all."

"I can only imagine," muttered Tony, putting his hands on his hips. "You missed all the excitement yesterday."

"The fire in Maretonia? Yes, we heard," replied Rockhoof. "But, there was something else we were tracking."

The entire room fell silent upon Rockhoof saying this.

"What something else?" asked Twilight, going over towards the pillar of Equestria. "And if you were wondering if it was about what happened in Tartarus…"

"It wasn't about what happened in Tartarus, Princess Twilight," interrupted Rockhoof, putting a hoof up to silence her. "The reason why Thor had difficulty getting here was because the boat he was travelling on had been attacked by a sea creature."

And Thor lifted up his hammer and produce a bolt of lightning that transformed into a screen that showed a Viking ship being attacked by a pair of red tentacles. The Vikings onboard fought valiantly, but the creature kept dragging some of them into the sea.

"Who is that?" wondered Starlight to Twilight. "That's not unlike any creature we have seen before."

But Twilight kept watching as they saw Thor attempt to use his hammer to fight off the creature. Eventually, the creature peaked out and its face revealed a fish like creature with the head of a shark that snarled and spat out black ink at the attacking Vikings. Finally, the creature used one of his tentacles to break the ship into pieces and sent what was left of her crew into the water.

"Then," said Thor. "I was left floating in the water until I washed up on a beach at the base of a tall mountain."

"You mean Mount Aris, Rockhoof?" asked Twilight.

"Yes, Princess," he answered. "I was tracking the presence of another creature when I found Thor. A creature that wasn't on the ground, but in the air.

"Another creature?" wondered Peter, scratching his head in confusion. "Am I missing something here? This didn't happen in your show."

"You mean Arabus?" said Dr. Strange, causing the entire table to turn towards him. "The Wind Demon."

"Yes, mystical one," remarked Rockhoof. "How did you know?"

"Because I have seen a future where both your cities of Cloudsdale and Ponyville would be destroyed by thunderstorms and hailstorms by his doing," answered Dr. Strange. "I have the power to see into the future and from what I saw, the risk is too great to pass."

"He's quite the wizard," whispered Tony to Rockhoof.

"There is actually something else you need to know Rockhoof," said Twilight. "It's about…"

"Starswirl?" he guessed, suddenly rising to his feet, his forelegs on the table glaring over at Twilight. "What happened to him?"

"He was attacked by a group of donkeys under command of Grogar," explained Twilight. "He's doing fine, but it was really scary to see him injured."

Hearing this made Rockhoof turn away in disgust and worry for his fellow pillar while Thor chomped on the pancakes.

"The plague ruler!" he grunted. "Grogar is a monster, a demon that doesn't even deserve to live. He will pay dearly for this along with the rest of his kind!"

"Something tells me we need to start heading for Canterlot," suggested Spike to Twilight. "Princess Celestia's probably waiting for us."

Sure enough, just as they all left the dining room, they saw several of Celestia's guardsponies with chariots attached to them. Climbing inside, they all left Twilight's castle and flew towards Equestria's capital.

…

Meanwhile, at Wonderbolt headquarters, Steve Rogers and his faction were just finished getting ready to leave when they heard a commotion outside the barracks they were staying in.

"What the hell's going on?" he asked, running outside to see Wonderbolts and Wonderbolt cadets running outside and taking to the air.

"There's been a report of Arabus being spotted," answered Spitfire, putting her goggles down. "We're going to check it out."

Steve looked to the sky and saw that there was nothing going on but clear sky.

"I don't get it," remarked Scott. "I don't see anything."

"Either way, Arabus was spotted and he needs to be confronted," replied Spitfire, firmly before beckoning for the newly minted Wonderbolt, Rainbow Dash, to her side. "Crash, you take our guests to Canterlot while we investigate what is going on."

"Got it, boss!" replied Rainbow Dash, saluting her superior before motioning for several guardsponies with chariots behind them to land. "All right, boys! Bring them in!"

The chairots were just about to land on the runway when all of a sudden, the sound of a jet engine was heard and the Pegasus guardsponies quickly dashed out of the way.

"What in…?" stammered Rainbow Dash as the plane landed on the academy's runway. "Who does this guy think he is?"

Rainbow stormed over to have a word with the pilots when all of a sudden, the front door opened and a set of stairs rolled out as a black human stepped off of the plane.

"Listen, pal!" said Rainbow Dash, glaring at the individual. "You'd better have a good reason for just barging in and flying without clearance to land…"

However, Rainbow Dash was quickly pushed back by a pair of bodyguards who then escorted the individual over to the barracks.

"Captain Rogers," said the individual in an African accent, shaking Steve's hand. "It's been a long time."

"T'Challa," replied Steve. "What are you doing here?"

"Protecting my kingdom's ally," he answered. "I received a message from my ambassador in Canterlot of an escape from Tartarus prison."

"Funny you should hear about that, your highness," remarked Sam. "We're just on our way to Canterlot to discuss about what is going on with the rulers of Equestria. Care to join us?"

"Yes, and as a token of our alliance," said T'Challa. "You are welcome to take my plane."

"Appreciate the offer," remarked Steve. "But, our friend here has offered transportation Equestrian style. It's not exactly first class, but it will have to do. Of course, you knocked them out of the way when you landed."

The chariots then landed safely despite being knocked backwards by T'Challa's jet.

"My…apologies for the rude landing…Miss…" stammered T'Challa, looking over at Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow Dash, wonderbolt," she answered. "And next time, tell whoever flies your bird to be a little patient. But, there's no time to discuss, we have to go. So, load up everypony."

"Everypony?" wonder Wanda.

"Just go with the flow, Wanda," whispered Scott as they left the Wonderbolt Academy. "You'll get to learn the lingo eventually."

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