Eric Sparkle and the Storm King

Back at Canterlot, things seemed desperate as many ponies were still kept in cages and being guarded by many storm trolls and ice ponies. Frostbite took out his crystal ball and contacted Glacio.

“My lord, Tempest and I captured Princess Twilight and the Storm King shall have the Staff of Sacanas working,” Frostbite said.

“Good. Once he gives all the alicorn magic to me, kill Princess Twilight, Prince Storm and their friends,” Glacio ordered through the crystal ball.

“Yes, my lord,” Frostbite replied.

Capper, Skystar, the pirates, and the Mane 6 saw the cage that Twilight was in through Captain Celaeno’s telescope.

“There she is,” she said. “And it looks like it’s head for the castle right there.”

“Well, we best come up with somethin’, and fast,” Applejack said.

“What if we form a surprise attack party?!” Pinkie exclaimed softly.

“Surprise attack, huh? I like this one,” Capper said with a purr.

“Okay, Pinkie. Tell us your plan,” Rainbow Dash said. Then Pinkie began explaining her plan.

Once the doors opened, Tempest and the storm troll guards entered the throne room where the three petrified princesses were held.

“Tempest, don't do this. Don't give the Storm King...” Twilight said.

Grubber was laughing as Tempest cut her off, “Your magic? Did you think you'd keep it all to yourself? Time to share. I'd love for everybody out there to know what I can really do.”

“Ooh, fascinating! What can you really do?” a voice asked.

It was then that Storm King appeared.

“Your bidding, of courth, Your Mighty One,” Grubber replied, as he then panicked and ran out of the room.

“Bidding's good. I like bidding!” The Storm King said, until he looked down at Twilight in her cage. “Um, what are you supposed to be?”

“I'm the Princess of Friendship!” Twilight replied, making a brave and confident face.

The Storm King looked unamused, and then laughed like it was a joke, “Oh. That's nice!” He said, then turned to Tempest with a little frustration and disappointment, “Why is this one still moving?”

“She and her friends put up a bit of a fight, but she's alone now. She won't be a problem,” Tempest said.

The Storm King then ruffled her mane, “Yeah. So, speaking of problems, check out this place!” He then gazed at it, “Hmm... Nice... Very tacky. But the problem is, it seems a little too... Hmm, how should I say it—oh, I don't know—CUTE!!! It just... doesn't really go with my whole "big bad powerful storm emperor guy" thing! Well... get ready to deliver the punchline, Tempest, because this has gotta go!”

The Storm King banged his staff on the ground and then the floor lit up, until the princesses’s magic was being drained into the crystal of the staff. Twilight kept struggling as her magic was being drained, “No!”

“Check out the light show! Wow! Wow!” The Storm King said, laughing maniacally in excitement.

Twilight gasped, and then fainted. “Let's get this storm started! Ooh, hey, that's good. I should trademark that,” The Storm King said. He then charged up his staff and blasted the wall open, as it sent Twilight flying.

“Not bad. Actually, kinda first rate. What else does it do?” The Storm King asked while looking at the crystal on the staff.

“Your Excellency, you promised to restore my horn and give me—“ Tempest tried to say.

The Storm King then cut off Tempest, “Deh-deh-deh-deh-deh, okay. Hang on.”

The Storm King was trying out the staff as it gave him the power to control the sun and moon, “You gotta be kiddin' me! I can move the sun?! A ha ha! Wow! Now this is what I'm talkin' about! Ha ha! Time to play! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday! Day, night! Day, night! Day night! Day night! Day night! Sunrise, sunset!” he said, happily humming.

“You were supposed to give the staff to me so that Glacio could have a portion the alicorn magic within it! You promised us, and you broke your words! Our bargain is over!” Frostbite yelled furiously, as he left the castle.

Meanwhile, near the entrance to Canterlot, the sound of clanking wheels appeared. Capper appeared with an apron and toque, and a big cake with Spike breathing fire like a candle, and the Mane 6 shackled in chains together and pulling the cake over. The storm trolls saw it, until their shields clanged for a fight.

“Uh, yeah, I got a delivery here for a Mister "The Storm King". I was given explicit instructions to bring this here cake to this here castle's throne room,” Capper said.

The storm trolls growled as they brandished their weapons, and then Capper made a little lie, “All right, then. Look here. Could one o' y'all go be a pal, go tell your boss he's not gettin' his "congratulations on subduing defenseless pastel ponies" cake? 'Cause I don't wanna be the one responsible for the big guy missin' his special dessert. You know what I'm sayin'?” The storm trolls growled with a nod in reply or shrug on their shoulders.

“Thank you kindly, fellas. I'mma be sure and put in a good word for the botha y'all.” Capper said, then a storm creature snarled for confirmation, as Capper winked at a smiling Pinkie Pie.

“Pinkie, quit lookin' so happy! Ya ain't foolin' nopony!” Applejack said quietly.

“Oh! Okay!” Pinkie Pie replied with a whimper.

The wheels kept clanking as the mares kept pulling the cake into Canterlot.

“Oh, hello, cake!” Grubber said, running over to the big cake, “Ooh! Don't mind if I do!” Some of the cake splattered as he took a piece of it, and munched it.

“Mmm! That's some, like, gourmet thing!” He then saw Squabble’s eyeball. “Who putth eyeballth in filling?” He then hyperventilated as he saw it blink, “Guards!” Squabble grabbed Grubber and pulled him into the cake. The storm trolls growled as they realized they’d been tricked.

“Uh-oh. Plan B?” Capper asked. “The jig is up!” Rainbow Dash said as she kicked the wood where the cake stood, and then the pirates popped out in a slow motion moment, and then landed on the ground.

“Come on!” Captain Celaeno said.

“Harr!” Mullet exclaimed, as the other pirates joined the fight.

Eric saw the whole thing through his telescope and turned to his friends, “That’s our cue! Come on!” he said. It was then that the hippogriffs also joined the fight.

Princess Skystar and Queen Novo were soaring in the air. “Oof!” She grunted as she grabbed a storm troll guard, “Gotcha!” She then made a bowling strike with other guards.

“You picked the wrong ‘griffs to mess with!” Queen Novo said as she and her troops engaged the storm trolls and ice ponies.

Eric and his friends rejoined Storm and the others as they helped fight the storm trolls and ice ponies. The changelings and dragons soon joined the fight, along with Forest and Spiracle, who came out of hiding in the mountain caves.

“It’s clobberin’ time!” Jasper and Smokey said in unison as they fought several storm trolls and ice ponies.

Squabble squawked as he tied up a guard with a life preserver, and Lix Spittle grunted while literally kicking the storm troll in the butt, causing that storm troll to yell and Lix Spittle to laugh.

Applejack grunted while tying up a storm troll guard with her rope, and Capper and Rarity tied up a couple of guards with a red ribbon, “Lovely!” Pinkie Pie jumped up onto the hands of a storm troll guard with a present, “Surprise!” The storm troll made surprised grunts, until Pinkie Pie popped out with cupcakes in her hooves, “Double surprise!!” She then threw the cupcakes at the guard. “Whee!” Pinkie Pie laughed, while rapidly throwing more cupcakes.

Captain Celaeno caught a storm troll guard’s spear with her sword, “Yeah!”

“Head for the castle! We'll hold them off!” Captain Celaeno said, blocking the spear with her sword.

“Eric, go! We’ll cover you!” Nightshade said.

“Come on!” Rainbow said.

She, Storm, and the others ran off towards the castle, along with Eric and Spike. The storm troll was blubbering with tears like he was crying, as Fluttershy comforted him. “There, there. Let it all out.”

“Fluttershy! Come on!” Everypony else said. Fluttershy began to catch up with her friends after talking to the crying storm troll guard, “Oh! Sorry, our time is up. Buh-bye!”

The storm troll guard waved back, “Goodbye!”

Seeing that they were outnumbered, the ice ponies fled the city, following Frostbite.

The storm trolls kept grunting while swinging their weapons at the group. “Keep going!” Princess Skystar said, until she had Shelly and Sheldon in her claws. “Shelly? Sheldon? Show him what your made of!” Shelly and Sheldon were now chattering as Princess Skystar threw them, and then landed on the eyes of a storm troll guard. “I can't see!”

The Mane 6 went on ahead, until the storm trolls growled at seeing the group coming over them.

“Uh oh,” Applejack said.

Spike inhaled and took a huge and slowly heavy deep breath, and then he let out large flames. The storm trolls screamed as Spike set them on fire.

The throne room

What?! How?!” Tempest Shadow asked. Twilight gasped with pride, “It's... It's the Magic of...”

“Yeah, yeah! Friendship, and flowers, and ponies, and bleh!” The Storm King said dramatically. “I'm so totally over the cute pony thing. This... ends... now!”

The Storm King then raised the staff of Sacanas and then shot a huge amount of lightning bolts everywhere, causing a huge storm that felt like a tornado, and then started laughing evilly as it came to be. Rarity and Fluttershy yelped, as the wind was too strong for them.

The Storm King laughed maniacally, “Yeah! Now this is how it’s done!”

“Move your hooves! We can still win this!” Storm said. Rarity screamed as the lightning almost stuck here, as the storm creatures were now yelling at the lightning that was chasing them and scaring them off.

“You'd have to be flying faster than a speeding Pegasus to break through that wind!” Rainbow Dash said.

Pinkie Pie gasped, “Excellent idea, Rainbow Dash! I’ve got an idea! Be right back!” She then ran off to get something.

“Now I truly am the Storm King! And the entire world will bow to me!” he said.

“Yes, yes, you are every bit as powerful as I promised, Sire, now, restore my horn and I swear to use my magic to serve you!” Tempest replied while kneeling.

The Storm King laughed, “Who cares about your dinky little unicorn horn?!” Tempest gasped, “But... we... we had an agreement! You said you would—“

The Storm King chuckled mischievously, “Oh, get with the program! I used you! It's kind of what I do! Now get out of my sight! I’m trying to enjoy the show!” The lightning zapped from the Storm King’s staff as Tempest yelped while dodging the attack, and then charged up her horn to repel the attack, but the zap blasted them both.

The Storm King and Tempest yelped, and then The Storm King grunted as he landed knocked out while holding Twilight gasped at the Storm King, and then saw Tempest holding onto the railing as the storm was trying to suck her in as she gasped and grunted with her life, until the strong wind started pulling her in.

“Hold on!” Twilight said, holding Tempest’s hoof.

“Why are you saving me?” Tempest asked, seeing the concern in Twilight’s eyes.

“Because this... is what friends do,” Twilight replied, smiling warmly at Tempest.

Tempest smiled warmly at the alicorn who saved her life, and then Twilight grunted while pulling Tempest towards the balcony, and then Twilight placed herself onto Tempest’s side.

“You okay?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah. You?” Tempest replied.

“Never better,” Twilight said.

Eric watched from behind, until the Storm King walked up to them.

“Awwww! Isn't that just so sweet!” The Storm King said sarcastically, until he laughed, pointing the staff at the two ponies. “Yeah. See ya!”

He charged up the staff, but suddenly Eric pointed his wand and incanted, “Expelliarmus!” He was then relieved of the staff.

“Eric?” Twilight asked.

“Did he just...” Tempest asked.

Meanwhile, the Mane 6 were placed into a giant cannon that was set to blast them to the castle.

“You sure about this?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Yes! Absolutely! Let’s do it! Thank you! I'm excited! Who's excited?! Aaah! I've never been so excited!” Pinkie said. Spike jumped and then lit the fuse with his fire breath and entered the cannon.

The cannon then made a huge boom, and the rest of the Mane 7 and Spike were screaming, while Pinkie laughed, “Whee!”

Eric saw them coming and then aimed the Storm King for the upcoming bombardment. “INCOMIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!” Rainbow said, as the Mane 6 and Spike bumped into the Storm King and he landed inside the castle after crashing through the window.

“You all came back! I knew you would come!” Twilight said. “Not that I was worried or anything, but you’re the bravest pair of friends a pony could ever ask for.”

Pinkie Pie had tears in her eyes, and then zoomed over to hug Twilight, “I knew that! We’re just glad that you’re okay!”

“Uh, make up later! This isn't over!” Rainbow Dash said. The Mane 7 gasped at the staff as it was starting to destroy the castle as more debris was falling and the walls were crackling and crumbling into piles and being blown away. Tempest Shadow panted to get out of the way and take cover.

Twilight grunted and gasped as they all tried to avoid the storm, “I've gotta get control of it!”

“Go! You've got this, Twilight!” Pinkie Pie said.

“No. We've got this. Together,” Twilight replied.

“Mommy!” Eric said, pointing at the Storm King, getting back on his feet.

The Mane 6 held hooves, and then Eric grabbed Applejack’s rope. “Get the staff!”

“Eric?! What are you doing?!” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Eric! Storm! Be careful!” Twilight said. Eric nodded, and then he and Storm went to go fight the Storm King.

“Whee!” Pinkie Pie said as they were feeling like they were flying as a chain, and then stayed that way as Twilight tried to reach for the staff. The Storm King grunted as he got back up, “The staff belongs to me!” Twilight gasped as she nearly got closer.

The Mane 6 whimpered as Twilight was almost close. “No! That's my staff!! Miiiiiine!! Mine!!!“ The Storm King said, as he was now tumbling down the debris while climbing. He then saw Eric looking at them like he didn’t want the villain to hurt them. “Well... looks like we’ve got ourselves a little weakling trying to defend them, huh?” he said rudely, “You think you can take me? You ain’t worth it.”

The others looked back at Storm and Eric holding off The Storm King while the Mane 6 tried to get the staff. “Almost... there!” Twilight said as she was nearly there while reaching out her hooves.

“Whoa!” Applejack said, as the rock was being pulled in. Eric then climbed up the balcony, leaving the Storm King confused, “What’re you doing up there?”

“This!” Eric said, pointing his wand, “Stupefy!”

The Storm King was literally stunned, as he clearly underestimated Eric.

Suddenly, as Twilight finally had the staff with her, the glass broke and then she and the Storm King screamed as the wind pulled them into the hurricane.

“Twilight! Nooooooooooo!!!” Pinkie said, as she saw their friend go into the storm. The wind began to die down with a glow of the sun.

“The storm’s over,” Eric said. “We’re all okay, b-but...” Eric then broke down into Pinkie’s chest and then hugged her as she hugged him while sobbing, and then Applejack, Fluttershy, and Storm came to comfort them both.

The light suddenly glistened as Eric and Pinkie saw something coming.

“Look!” Eric said. They saw Twilight flying over with the staff in her forelegs and then she landed on the ground.

“Mommy!” Eric said, hugging her.

Yay!” Pinkie said.

“Yee-haw!” Applejack exclaimed and laughed.

“All right!” The other Mane 6 cheered and laughed.

“Group hug!” Pinkie squealed as they got in together, and Eric hugged Twilight and Storm on the side. Twilight sighed as they enjoyed the moment.

Tempest was happy to see them all together again.

The Storm King grunted as he climbed up with a orb in his hand, planning to turn Eric into an obsidian statue. Tempest gasped, “ERIC!”

The Mane 7 and Spike gasped as they saw The Storm King was about to toss it, but Tempest ran over and landed in front of Eric and the Storm King and then he started turning into obsidian as the orb broke onto Tempest’s hoof and puffed smoke. Twilight prevented Tempest’s petrification with the staff, as the Storm King then fell down on the ground and shattered.

Eric hugged Twilight’s leg as she kept her wing wrapped around him.

“Whoa! I can't believe she did that!” Rainbow said.

“Me neither,” Applejack replied.

Fluttershy and Storm then came over to hug Eric, and so did Rarity.

“I can,” Twilight said.

“Now what?” Fluttershy asked.

“Now... we fix everything,” Tempest said, and then Twilight nodded.