Storm King in the legion of doomby Bronies are okChaptersChapter 1. The beginning of the endChapter 2. FrenemiesChapter 3. The summer sun setbackChapter 4: The ending of the end part 1Chapter 5. The ending of the end part 2Chapter 1. The beginning of the endPieces of smashed statue laid on the Canterlot grounds. Nopony really stepped on it, so it wasn't disposed of by the authorities. However, the pieces were suddenly taken by an aura of magic that carried it to an unknown location..... Later..... Lord Tirek and Cozy Glow found themselves in a dark cave, as they turned around they saw the obsidian statue of the Storm King himself, which was suddenly turned into the real Storm King. "GASP, Augh! My back! Everything hurts! Ugh.... Finally! Back to my old self again!" Storm King was relieved, as he turned to the company present in the room. "A storm creature?" Tirek spoke in curiosity. "Umm, that's the Storm KING to you buddy, now why did you bring me back?" Storm King interrogated the two other villains. "Oh golly! We didn't revive you, I thought you freed us from Tartarus." Cozy gave a cute smile, hoping to be spared from the Storm King's wrath. "Tartarus? You mean that icky dungeon where all the monsters go? Yeah it wasn't me." Storm King stated, as they all suddenly heard evil laughter coming from the top of a rock. As the smoke dispersed, it then transformed into the form of King Sombra himself. "King Sombra? You have returned?" Tirek acknowledged the Umbrum in front of them. "So it was YOU who bought us here?" Storm King interrogated. "He didn't." An old, booming voice answered. They all turned to see an blue, old goat who walked over to the table. "It was I. You may call me, GROGAR." The one who claimed to be spoke, as Tirek gasped in amazement. "I thought you were a legend!" "I've heard of you!" Sombra said out of nowhere. "Who?" "Yeah I'm with the kiddo on this one, who?" Storm King didn't know who Grogar was either. "I assure you, I am very real. And you have all been bought here as part of MY plan to rid Equestria of Twilight Sparkle and her friends! Once and for all." The ancient ram of legend stated, letting out a laugh that could send fear into any creature. "I am so sorry, but the name Grofar? That just doesn't ring any bells." "GROGAR!!! I have been away too long if my name no longer strikes fear into the heart of one so tiny, or an uncultured MONKEY like you." "Hey!" Storm King was a gasped by this old goats disrespect. "Perhaps a demonstration of power is in order?" "Grogar" begun to emit a pulse of magic that radiated from the horns, which Tirek caught and devoured, allowing him to gain more power and grow a couple inches. Tirek observed his new biceps, then kissed one of them. "Grogar is ancient and extremely powerful. The land that would become Equestria, was a mere collection of farms and pastures until he declared himself emperor of all he saw. I remember hearing tales of his tyranny when I was young." "I have also heard of the first emperor of Equestria, the father of monsters." "I gave life to the foulest of creatures, and allowed them to run wild, taking what they wanted and destroying the rest. My reign was a glorious fear soaked epoch of darkness in Equestria......" "Wait wait wait wait! So you ruled the land for some time before you suddenly, just..... Stopped?" Storm King questioned the goat's absence until now. "That self righteous Gusty the Great stole my bewitching Bell! But it only weakened me temporarily......" "Umm, Tirek is reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly old. No offense you look great. But, if he knew about you when he was young, we have super different ideas on what temporarily means...." "SILENCE!!! I've spent millennia gathering power, biding my time, waiting for the perfect opportunity to seize control of Equestria! And watching all of you, I've seen each of your humiliating defeats at the hooves of six puny ponies! And do you know why they've always bested you?" Sombra was about to speak, until Storm King PUSHED him out of the way. "Because they're overpowered!" "Because they are annoyingly lucky...." "I'm just a kid, so...." "It is because they work together. Where one is weak, another is strong, and thus unified, they are a formidable force. But we shall use their own strategy to defeat them...." "And what is your proposition Grampa?" Storm King mocked. "I propose nothing..... I DEMAND that you join me! And together, Equestria will be ours." "I don't do "ours", I only do MINE!!! I will take back the crystal empire on my own! And I will destroy anypony who gets in MY way." "Such confidence. Go, TRY to take back your kingdom, I shall send you there myself. If you prevail, you may keep it. But when you fail you will submit to ME." "And if I refuse this, DEAL?..." "Then I shall return you to the darkness from which you were summoned..." "Fine. But this is a waste of time, as I will crush those who defy me! I will defeat all who get in my way! I-" "I advise the rest of you to prepare to work together!" "Well, working together sounds an awful lot like making friends..... So.... You two are in luck because I know all about that!" "pfft! Making friends is for losers! I didn't build an empire and conquered hundreds by befriending everyone I saw." Storm King scoffed. "Indeed! Friendship is a weakness, it restrains you from your full potential and makes you obey the whim of your so called 'friend'." Tirek agreed with the Storm King's ill conceived views on friendship. "But friendship is power! The more friends you have, the more pawns who will do ANYTHING for you." Cozy retaliated. "Maybe to a naive little pipsqueak like you, but I don't buy it. And personally, I don't trust this.... Grogar character, I mean, uniting a rag tag band of criminals and monsters like us to defeat those cute little ponies sounds fun, but I mean, there's just some smell to him that doesn't sit right with me..." Storm King commented on "Grogar's" hygiene. "Smell?" Tirek asked. "Yeah you don't smell it? My kind has evolved to have an acute sense of smell, and he smells AWFUL...." Storm King stated, as he plugged his nose. "Well, we should still work together so we have a better chance at winning! Come on! Whose with me?" Cozy asked the other two villains, as they both groaned in annoyance. "Come on! I can get the three of us to be working together in no time! All we have to do is-" Three hours later..... "Now I'll say something nice about Centaurs. Tirek, you say something nice about storm creatures. And Storm King, you say something nice about ponies!" "HAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!...... Oh, you're serious." Storm King made fun, as "Grogar" entered the room. "Let us hope the three of you will be enough for my plans....." "And what of King what's-it's-face?" Storm King already forgot Sombra's name. "Did he succeed?" "HAH! I'd say he gambled, and LOST. But at least he can serve as a warning to those who doubt continuing with my plans, unless any of you have doubts...." "Uhh, not I." "Umm, no....?" "I'm good!" "Then we shall join forces, and work together to bring Equestria to it's knees!" "Grogar" begun to laugh maniacally, as the other three joined in out of fear.... However, the Storm King knew there was something up with this..... "Grogar", and he was going to get to the bottom of it.... Chapter 2. Frenemies"Grogar" was staring at the crystal ball, until Storm King rudely interrupts. "Hey, so you planning on attacking those cute ponies yet? I kinda have a busy schedule to follow and I don't have all year." Storm King coldly stated, as he left to the table where Tirek and Cozy sat. "I'm leaving, since it's impossible to accomplish the work I need to do here. I suggest the three of you come to some kind of accord!" The three villains simply argued until "Grogar" silenced them with magic. "I don't care how, but you must learn to work together! Only then can we accomplish what you so greatly desire: THE DEFEAT OF TWILIGHT SPARKLE AND HER FRIENDS!" Later..... Storm King was busy thinking in his room on what was the deal with "Grogar", until he was suddenly interrupted by the sound of tiny hoof steps. "And what are you doing?" The demented filly asked the storm tyrant. "I'm a bit sketchy over this Grogar guy, and I think he may be up to something." Storm King stated. "Well perhaps we can discuss it over a meeting. You see, Grogar left me in charge and-" "No he didn't! Why would he leave a cute little pony like you in charge?" Storm King mocked the evil filly. "Well first of all being cute is what allowed me to nearly drain all the magic of Equestria!" "YOU?!" Storm King laughed at how somepony like Cozy nearly rid Equestria of all magic. "YES! And second, I'm the smartest one here!" Cozy declared proudly. "Umm yeah, there is no way a literal CHILD is smarter then I." Storm King pouted. "Either way, we can discuss what Grogar is up to if you join me and Tirek in our meeting." Cozy stated, leaving Storm King to think about it..... "Fine. As long as it's QUICK." "Wouldn't have it any other way!" Cozy said while giving a forced smile, leaving Storm King to leave in a huff. Later.... "Grogar wants us to work together to defeat our enemies. Which means, we need to trust each other." "Yeah, if we are to trust each other, perhaps tell off big red over here to quit draining my essence." Storm King stated, as Tirek was indeed doing so until he stopped and spat in his cupcake. "I wasn't doing anything of the sort! How dare you!" "How dare I? I was literally looking at you in the process of doing it." "I could have been doing anything! You can't just judge things for how they appear." "It's kind of what I do bub." "This is why Grogar left ME in charge!" "NO, HE, DIDN'T!" Cozy groaned in frustration until she noticed the banner she made of all of them together, which gave her an idea. She approached the table. "I think, I know, a way that we can grow. Time to try something new something better. No more, solo, trust is the way to go. And all we need to do is work together...." "Ahh please! No thanks! No way. I feel the need to say, I'm smarter, stronger! And I don't need you, two." "HAH! Stronger? Ok. I guess we'll downplay, how bad you got your rear end handed to you?" "It's time to try a better way to be bad." "Do we really need a better way to be bad?" "United as one." "Teamwork? Please, what a fad." "Combined with all our strength, we can go to any length, once we have a better way to be bad. Let's go, begin. This time we're gonna win." "The ice you're on is thin so watch what you say!" "I know, you're in. I think I see a grin." "For all this pain and torture I swear you'll pay!" "This time we've got a better way to be bad." "Sounds like a long shot this better way to be bad." "United as one, we'll make those ponies so sad." "If we say ok, would you just go away?" "Once we have a better way to be bad. We want to break their friendship, we want to make them weak. You want revenge on Tempest, you want that huge physique! So let's increase our chances, by working as a team. To crush our enemies to dust! And laugh as they all scream!" Cozy declared, as she and the others laughed maniacally. "I think, I see a better way to be bad!" "Just put me in charge! Make me king! You'll be glad!" "No! Listen to me, I'm the best of us three." "Then you'll see a better way to be bad!" "Wait! This is my thing a better way to be bad." "You shall do as I command! I will rule this triad!" "Hey! This is my song!" "Sorry not any longer!" "A better way to be bad!" "Now you're making me mad." "Won't the ponies be sad?" "That would make me so glad!" "Now we've got a better way to be bad!" ............................ "Hey! You stepped on my cue!" The villains began arguing again seemingly learning nothing, until "Grogar" stepped in. "ENOUGH! I had hopped by now you would resolve your differences but apparently not!" "Yeah well, maybe if we knew what you're planning, we would be able to prepare for it." Storm King smugly stated. "Assuming you even HAVE a plan." "Of course I have a plan! I have located an object of power, and it occurs to me this is the perfect test. the three of you will work together to retrieve it. Against this item, those ponies won't stand a chance." "I stored the magic of those unicoregus ponies in a staff that gave me the power of a thousand storms! You should put me in charge of this shindig." Storm King offered "Grogar". "I nearly drained all the magic of Equestria! That was good!" "I ABSORBED all the magic of Equestria! I could feel it flowing through my body as I moved!" the three begun to argue and belittle each other over who should be in charge before "Grogar" silenced them. "NONE of you should be in charge! You three need to learn how to work together, and you can't do that if one of you is leading the rest! Understood?!" The three nodded in agreement. "Good, now your mission..." "Grogar" begun to show a projection of events that happened in the past. "Thousands of moons ago, the self righteous Gusty the great, unable to best me face to face stole my Bewitching Bell. A talisman containing most of my own magic. The bell cannot be destroyed, so Gusty hid it in a place it has taken me millennia to discover. An enchanted cave high atop MT. Everhoof, protected by magical winds that prevent anypony from reaching its peak. There the bell has remained, until now........ Scale MT. Everhoof! Bring me back my BELL." "Is that all?! This is gonna be easy peasy!" Storm King boasted..... Later...... "Well it sounded lemon squeezy....." Storm King justified his boasting earlier..... "Scale the mountain." "Retrieve Grogar's bell...." "Together! I Drew up a detailed plan showing several aids to show how we can...... Ditch each other.... maybe when I'm waiting for them at the top, then they'll appreciate me." Meanwhile..... The Storm King walked to the mountain as the winds pushed him away from getting closer. He tried his hardest to approach by holding his arms in front of the breeze, trying to stay on the beaten path. When he got to the mountain, he tried to climb it to the top with his bare hands, only for the wind to make him lose his balance and slide back down the bottom. "D'oh!" He exclaimed when he landed on his butt, as he groaned in irritation.... Three hours later.... Storm King was nearly exhausted, as he climbed up and up for what seemed like days.... "Sigh..... Almost..... There......" he exclaimed, as he reached a platform.... Only to discover that the platform he was on was very close to the bottom, and that he made almost no progress whatsoever. Storm King was fuming, as he got back down annoyed and angry over the stupid mountain.... Later..... "THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!!" Cozy and Tirek were now facing an Ophiotarus, due to their consistent bickering that lured it to their location. However, just as it was about to strike, it was suddenly hit with an orb that released a green smoke that surrounded it. It was then slowly turned into stone, as Cozy and Tirek watched in shock. "Hah! Boom baby! Did you see that?! I totally got that bull-snake monster thing. Good thing I was still carrying these babies after my petrification." Storm King boasted "I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight....." Cozy exclaimed, shocked at the fate of the creature that stood before them. "And just so we're clear I didn't save you because I like you.... I did it because..... Because I...." "Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed us?" "Yes....." "Clearly I was right to wait. Now tell me everything you've learned, leave nothing out!" Later..... Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow, and The Storm King all sat down on an open fire. "soooooo, is that Ophiotarus...... Alive...... Or?...." The filly asked the storm creature. "Yes. If it weren't, then I wouldn't have been able to absorb the magic from those pegacorn creatures." Storm King explained. "So when you captured the princesses, you petrified them too?" "Yes. And I was about to do the same to the fourth and her cute friends, until TEMPEST got in the way, took the blow, and left me to be SMASHED INTO A THOUSAND PIECES!!!" "Those ponies have weaknesses, I made Twilight give up her magic to me in exchange for the release of her precious friends." "Oh those ponies will do anything for their ridiculous friendship won't they?" "You should have seen Twilight's face when her friends appeared in bubbles around me, she was all, 'Aah! Uhh! Ooh! Ehh!'" Cozy and Storm King laughed over Tirek's mockery of the friendship princess. "She's so stressed out all the time!" "When I started playing with the sun and moon with the power of my staff, I thought she was going to explode!!!" "I wish I could've seen her face when I nearly erased all the magic from Equestria." "ALL the magic seems a little excessive don't you think?" "Eh, I think big. Besides, it would've been worth it just to see Twilight and her friends bow down to me!" "Indeed it would, who wouldn't love to see their faces when they've realized they lost everything?" "She would probably be groveling at the feet of the ultimately powerful Storm King! Seeing as how I'm the strongest villain here." "Eh boasting aside, I think working with you two may not be the worst thing." "Perhaps.... As long as it results in THE COMPLETE CONQUEST OF EQUESTRIA AND THE LANDS BEYOND." The Storm King boomed. "I wouldn't have it any other way..... Check out my impression of Twilight the pathetic pony princess!" Cozy begun to pull out a doll of Twilight from her bag, as she played with it and made it do humiliating gestures as Tirek and Storm King laughed.... Later..... The villains arrived at a shack belonging to Rusty Bucket. When he walked out and saw the villains, Storm King punched the wall in the mountain so hard an avalanche fell onto Rusty. As the villains walked away laughing, Rusty popped his head out of the snow to tell them he's ok. Later.... The villains eventually made it to the mountain through some trial and error. As Storm King tried to rush it inside the cave, he was suddenly struck by a magical force field protecting the entrance. Tirek touched the shield, only to have his hand burnt. "Can you absorb it?" "I can only absorb magic from living beings!" "Like, him?" "You USED me!" "Not used, working together! If Tirek absorbs your energy, he might be strong enough to break through!" "And then what?" "Then.... He gives it back!" "I do?" "How do I know you won't just leave me to the timber wolves after you take my magic?" "Would we do that to you?...." Storm King merely waved his hand in reminder. "Ok normally yes we would." "I'll give you your magic back." ................. "Fine." Storm King suddenly felt his essence flying from his mouth as it entered Tirek's, as his eyes turned more pale. As Storm King fell to the ground weakened, Tirek grew larger. "So......... Much......... POWER!!!! Welcome back BABY!" Tirek blew a hole through the shield, but it was not big enough. "It's not big enough for me!" "Maybe not you! Keep it open! Or I'll be trapped forever!" "Would that be so terrible?" "Can't....... Hold...... Much, longer!!! HURRY!!!" Cozy ultimately made it out with the bell in hoof. "Ta da!" Storm King merely grunted weakly as Tirek stared with a look of doubt, before ultimately releasing Storm King's magic back to him, causing him to shrink to how he was before. As Storm King rose up from the ground once again, he was surprised about how Tirek almost willingly gave him back his magic without refusal. "I-.... I didn't think you were going to give it back....." "Neither was I! But working together seemed smarter then to continue fighting." "When we helped each other it felt better somehow......" "I haven't felt like this since before I lost my empire..... Having others who will be there for you is.... pleasing....." "All of these years taking power from ponies...." "When you use your power to help others...." "Yes it feels....... NO!!!" Tirek and Cozy were surprised at Storm King's sudden outburst. "The cute pony thing is contagious! It spreads to you when you have even the TINIEST bit of sentimentality! I swore to myself I wouldn't make friends with anyone! As it is weakness! And I am CERTAINLY not going to start now!" "Same." "Obviously." "But...... Grogar said we have to work together...." "I know there is something up with that old goat.... And I KNOW for certain he doesn't have our best interests at heart, noir do I think he actually is who he says he is..... Let, 'Grogar' think we're his unwitting pawns.... In the meantime, We'll cook up our own devious trick." Storm King plotted with a wicked smile. "Ooooooooo, I LOVE a good backstabbing!" "After that, we can go back to trying to destroy each other!" "In the meantime, what do we do with this?......" Later...... "YOU FAILED TO RETRIEVE THE BELL?!" "Oh, we're sorry almighty Grogar." "We worked together as you asked." "We just aren't as powerful as you....." "Grogar" Only lead out a huge screech that made everyone cover their ears. "Obviously! At least you finally did as you were told and worked together." "Of course!" "Whatever you command!" "Forget about that ding dong bell! You were right! We are much more effective, when we work as a team....." Chapter 3. The summer sun setback"He's gone!" Storm King and Tirek emerged from their hiding places as Cozy gave them the all clear. "I don't trust him." "None of us do." "Which is why backstabbing the old ram with his own bell do hickey will be all the worth while." Storm King proudly declared. "If we can figure out how to use it." Tirek took the bell and rattled it a bit trying to see what makes it tick. "Twilight Sparkle may be the worst, but she does know stuff. She once said the archives in Canterlot have a restricted area...." "Celestia and Luna love to horde information for themselves. If there's an answer, it's there." "Yes! It's about time I returned back to that cute little castle for a little visit." "Oh my gosh! Road trip!" Later.... Tirek, Cozy, and Storm King were hiding in the back ally ways of Canterlot. "Why are so many ponies up in the middle of the night?" "It's that silly sun holiday." "How many holidays do you horses have? No matter, sneaking in will be easy as pie!" "Are you sure about that?" Tirek pointed at the fan security measure that blew away anything that tried to intrude. "Ahh, those are new. But maybe we could find a way to sneak in." Storm King suggested, as he pointed at an entrance protected by guards. They saw how they used a special badge to activate the doors, meaning that regular entryway was impossible without it anyway. "Hmph, so they have guards guarding the entrance AND a special security measurement? These ponies are RIDICULOUSLY paranoid." Storm King grumbled to himself, as a flash of light popped up over the ally way, causing the villains to hide in front of the boxes. They saw Twilight's friends planning the summer sun celebration. "Increased security, on a crowded holiday, with Twilight and her friends bumbling around? This is impossible...." "Oh, nah. This is excellent! We needed a distraction, and those STUPID ponies just gave it to us! Now, do exactly as I tell you." Later..... The flaming sky firework troupe was in the middle of organization by almost every unicorn in the group. They were in the middle of organization when they heard an exclamation from the back of the crowd. "Gee! I don't see why we have to waste our time performing for lower ponies then us." Fire Flare looked at the crowd, wondering who could be exclaiming that. "Yeah! We unicorns are the ones with magic! Why should we work our butts for grounders or flyers anyway?" The unicorns chatted amongst themselves, knowing that the strangers had good points. "I say we put our hooves down, and tell them we won't be slaving away for the lower classes anymore!" The unicorns agreed with the unfound source's words, as Storm King looked at them hidden in a barrel while snickering to himself.... Later.... The villains sneaked into the archive after stealing a badge from an unsuspecting guard. Storm King scouted ahead for goose security, until they eventually found their way into the archives. When they made it in, they found the book, and prepared to take it back to the lair. Later..... "Soooooooooo, did you find what you're looking for?" "Once again, I've found success where you all find failure. I have located what I sought, and tomorrow I will set out to retrieve it. When I return, Equestria will finally be ours for the taking...." Tirek could only groan in annoyance when "Grogar" left. "Oh stop whining big guy." "You know you couldn't stay that buff, you had to return all the life force from those earth ponies so 'Grogar' doesn't suspect anything!" "I don't have to like it." "Well I don't like that we worked so hard to destroy their party and they still pulled it off, but you don't see me complaining!" "Our goal wasn't to destroy, it was to distract! And now we finally have the upper hand against those cute ponies!" "And no time to waste! We ought to master the bell before 'Grogar' returns." "We've managed to one up all those ponies so far." "You know, it really was super easy to get all those earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi to turn on each other...." "It was wasn't it? Now there's a wonderfully awful idea...." Chapter 4: The ending of the end part 1"Ahh, Stormy, another successful field trip I presume?" "Don't call me that again, and yes. Spreading lies and rumors among those equines is waaaaaay too easy. We could overpower and humiliate the friendship users a million times! But as long as they have love, and harmony, and peace on their side bleh! They CLIMB UP BACK TO THE TOP! Not, anymore." "No friendship, no magic! It's so obvious when you think about it. I did my part freaking out the pegasi." "And 'Grogar''s absence has given me time to prepare the next part of our plan, Grogar's bell. This artifact can steal any creatures magic, it holds that magic until it is released by this spell! Which means, all the power inside is OURS for the taking!" Tirek begun to kiss the bell. "You're drooling on the bell." "Let's use it before 'Grogar' gets back, I KNOW for certain that he isn't who he says he is! And I am going to prove it! We shall drain the 'goat' of his magic when he returns, and we will see who he REALLY is! Are you with me or ARE YOU WITH ME?!" "Take my hands." ............................................... "So we can ALL be part of the spell! Unless you prefer I take all the magic for myself?...." Storm King and Cozy reluctantly take Tirek's hands. "Our pact stands, what we do we do as a unite. Once we bash all the protectors of pony land, we will take over and rule our separate kingdoms, ALONE, once more." The Storm King claimed, as Tirek activated the bell. It then floated in the air and released its stolen magic to Tirek, Cozy, and Storm King. When they got up, they emerged with new forms, as the three of them laughed maniacally. "I have returned! Twilight's coronation is today, and we're going to ruin it, with THIS artifact. But to succeed, you MUST work together!" "Oh, way ahead of you grampa." Storm King jumped from the celling as a taller, muscular brute, as he zapped a magical force field encasing "Grogar" from his bare hands. Tirek and Cozy Glow soon emerged as well with the bell. "The bell?! You had it all this time?! Why didn't you tell me?!" "We're villains, duh." They activated the bell and begun draining "Grogar's" magic. As "he" screamed and squirmed, "he" began to change into a sparkling, blue, crystalized bug that fell to the ground weakened. When Chrysalis got up and saw the superpowered villains before her, she gasped in horror. "That was unexpected." The changeling ran away from the cave to warn Twilight and her friends. "Wait! Chrysalis was Grogar?! Like the whole time? Should we follow her?...." "Ehh, leave the bug. Without magic she is no threat to us. Besides, we have plans...." Later.... Twilight was dealing with pre coronation nerves at the moment, as everypony was looking at them with weird looks and tense frowns. As she wondered what could be making everypony so tense with her friends, they were interrupted by a familiar voice. "Umm, hi.... I think I have an explanation for all of this...." Chrysalis sheepishly answered. "Chrysalis? What are you doing here?" Twilight asked the reformed changeling queen. "Well.... You remember that whole thing with King Sombra?.... That was SLIGHTLY my fault. And by slightly I mean I kind of..... Bought him back?...." "What?! How could you do such a thing?!" Fluttershy cried. "Well it was quite easy actually! All you have to do is gather his remains, draw a resurrection circle, use the correct spell and-.... Oh, you mean in a moral sense. Well, I thought it would be the best way to prepare you to be in charge of Equestria, which is why I also bought back three other villains who are.... now on the loose.... and are really not big fans of yours soooo.... My bad." Twilight and her friends could only gasp in horror over this information.... Later, at the changeling hive.... "Let me get this straight, you wanted to boost Twilight's confidence, so you bought back The Storm King, Tirek, and Cozy Glow to attack her?!" Thorax was outraged how Chrysalis could do such a thing even after her metamorphosis. "Don't forget Sombra." "And while you united these THREE villains, YOU changed into Grogar?!" "Chrysalis, how could you do this to us?" Twilight was struck how someone they thought they could trust and has changed for over a year could do something like this. "I intended to make up for the time I trapped you and your friends in cocoons, by giving you the opportunity to fight back against your aggressors instead of being rendered helpless. I thought that after defeating three villains, everypony would see you for the confident, strong leader we all know you can be." "You have made a grave misjudgment, MOTHER. Do you have anything else you would like to tell us?" "Sigh.... All my magic is trapped in Grogar's bell, and The Storm King, Tirek, and Cozy Glow now have all the real Grogar's magic...." "This is terrible! We need to alert the Equestrian princesses before this DISASTER happens!" "I.... Need some time to think first...." "Well there isn't any time! They're probably on their way to attack Canterlot! RIGHT NOW!" "Then we'll stop them!" "How?! Our previous battle with Sombra was set up!" "Yes but your victory was real. Chrysalis could never have affected how it played out. Besides, it doesn't matter if your challenges were set up or not, your friends believe in you, and always have." Thorax assured the friendship princess. Twilight looked on at her friends with confidence in her eyes.... "Right, Spike! Send a letter to Starswirl! Tell him we need the pillars to guard the boarders of Canterlot. If the villains are coming for a fight, we'll have one waiting for them! With The Storm King on the loose, he'll be after Fizzlepop. Warn Cadance and Shining Armor, they're our final line of defense if we fail. The ultimate battle for the fate of Equestria, is coming!" Meanwhile.... "We're not going anywhere until you two stop arguing! Storm King.... Say something nice about Tirek." "Ugh! He's.... red...." "Tirek?...." "He's..... not as annoying as I expected....." "Good! Now we were talking about Grogar's bell." "We should take the magic inside! With a changeling's power inside each of us, we could TURN INTO WHATEVER BEAST OR MONSTER WE WANT!!!" "But we wouldn't know how to USE changeling magic! No other creature BESIDES a changeling knows how to do it!" "I guess if you need a guinea pig to see if anyone could use changeling magic I'll volunteer." The two took the risk and blasted Cozy with the changeling magic, causing her to change into a humongous dragon as she laughed maniacally. "FOOLS! NOW I CAN TURN INTO THE MOST POWERFUL CREATURE ALIVE!!! KNEEL BEFORE MY MIGHT!!!" Cozy tried to breath fire at the two, but all that came out was a huff of smoke that made them cough rapidly. Cozy, annoyed, kept trying to breath fire, but the smoke eventually caused her to cough rapidly. "COUGH! TAKE IT BACK! TAKE IT BACK!" The two agreed and zapped the changeling magic back inside the bell, turning Cozy back into an Alicorn filly. "Still think changeling magic is a good idea?" "Ehh, leave it in the bell for now. We have a kingdom to subjugate!" "So, where should we strike first?" "Heh heh, EVERYWHERE." The three then left the cave to invade all of Equestria. Later.... Fizzlepop received Twilight's message, and was now hiding from The Storm King where the tree of harmony used to be. "Ooooh Tempest! Where are yooooooooou? You have a horn that is in need of FIXING..." "RIGHT HERE!" Fizzlepop jumped out, and in a flash of electricity, she teleported herself and Storm King to a snowy location. "What?! What did you do?! Where are we?!" "Somewhere you can't hurt anyone!" "Wrong! I can hurt YOU!" The two battled in the frozen mountaintops for dominance, blasting lightning at each other back and fourth while bantering. "You're gonna pay for pushing me into a pile of rocks for two years!" "You deceived me so I could give you the power you wanted!" "Don't take that personally! I told you I do it like ALL the time!" "That explains why your soldiers left you after your petrification." "WHY YOU...." As the fight lasted for what seemed like hours, the lightning became more and more larger in range with intensity from both opponents. "RAGH! Stand still so I can blast you!" "Oh yes, real motivating." Tempest then fired a bolt straight at Storm King, causing him to be greatly injured. "Grr, you'll PAY for that!" "Put it on my tab." Storm King in a fit of rage blasted lightning at the mountain top above Tempest, only for her to teleport out of the way and cause it to land on Storm King instead. As Fizzlepop walked away thinking that did the job, the snow begun to emit a blue glow before exploding and causing her to fall back unconscious. She was then hit with an obsidian orb that turned her into granite. "I don't know why I didn't just do that from the beginning.... Oh well, now I have all the time in the world to TORTURE you...." Later.... Cozy Glow was weakened from Twilight and her friends putting up more then a fight, however that would soon change when the other two villains burst into the Canterlot throne room. Storm King hopped into the shattered window as Tirek jumped in and pushed over the throne, revealing Chrysalis who was hiding from the chaos. Cozy however grabbed her with her magic and tossed her to where the others were. Twilight then conjured a shield to protect them from the villains. "You think your ridiculous shield can save you?! HAH HA! The pony wizards have been captured, your elementary abandoned. Face it Princess, YOU'VE LOST." "You can attack us, and we may fall. But we will stand together, united in friendship. And we won't stop until we defeat you, no matter HOW many ponies you take down!" The villains could only laugh hysterically, as she had no idea what they were up to. "Didn't you all notice something was wrong in Equestria? We've been busy." "A whisper here, a rumor there." "Destroy some crops, cause some damage." "Turn pony against pony." "Until your entire kingdom is FALLING TO PIECES! Waiting for just the tiniest PUSH to send them over the edge!" "There's no backup friends or rainbow magic to save you now!" "Golly! I think it's time for some REDECORATING." The three villains then blasted a combined laser at the entire wall of the castle, obliterating it entirely as the castle begun to collapse. "You know what's more powerful then friendship princess?..... FEAR!" Storm King lashed at Twilight, which caused her shield to break from the pressure of his magic. "Because when you have to protect yourself, you don't have time for ANYPONY ELSE." "Too bad you never taught THAT in school!" The three begun to fire at Twilight, until they were hit with a rock sent by none other then Rarity to protect Twilight. However, they then got up to fire again before her friends protected her with a giant rock. "Go Twilight! Get help!" "No! I can't leave you here!" "It's our only chance!" "You'll come up with something to save the day!" "You always do!" "We believe in you!" "LEAVE!!!" Twilight just barely teleported out of the castle before the rock was blasted by the trio's magic..... To be continued.... Chapter 5. The ending of the end part 2"And now for your complete destruction!!! Won't that be FUN?" "Patience Cozy! Destruction is so.... Permanent. We need to show the ridiculously adorable ponies that we have dominated their heroes first! And besides, we should, SAVOR, the moment." "But I-" "Eh! Savor it!" "But-" "SAVOR IT!" "Well-" "SAVOR, THE MOMENT!" ............................ "Sigh.... I do enjoy a good savor." "No! We need to hunt down Princess Twilight! As long as she's still out there she poses a threat to us!" "Bah! Is the big, strong centaur really scared of a cute little pony? Besides, it's not like her friends can go anywhere. I have enchanted the cages with magic cancelling power that only WE can break! Hah ha! And to think, none of this would have been possible without Grogar's bell! Isn't that right, 'GROGAR'?" The Storm King pulled Chrysalis's chain as she fell to the ground weakened, emotionally and physically. However, when the other two were distracted, Cozy Glow tried to absorb more magic from the bell. "WHAT do you think you're doing?! You SAW what happened when you tried to absorb the changeling magic for yourself!" "Yeah, but there's Alicorn princess magic in there now too! I could be so much more powerful if I just-" "What do you mean YOU could be?" "Umm, hello? I'm the best one out of all of us!" The three began to argue and bicker like pests again, as the prisoners looked at each other in dread. "We gotta find Twilight, she's probably already figured out some way to defeat those monsters." "Any idea how we get out of here to do that?" Spike knocked at the steel bars. "Too solid, there's no way we could break through these bars." "I'm so sorry. It all made sense in my head, Twilight defeats her worst foes and is filled with confidence. I truly did have the best intentions, I swear I'll make it up to you." "That's gonna have to be a pretty epic make up." "Stay away from the bell you PEST! None of us can use the Alicorn magic until we figure out how to handle that INSECT'S RIDICULOUS CHANGING MAGIC!" "I could always, tell you how.... It would allow you to turn into whatever monster your hearts desire.... But you'd.... have to ask nicely, and spare my friends." "No Chrysalis! This isn't the way to help!" "Chryssie, could you pweaaaaaaaase-" "Threats are more MY language, SPEAK!" "She's lying! She won't tell us!" "Especially not YOU, who tried to conquer our kingdom before my throne zapped away your stolen energy, you MUSCLE BOUND CRETIN." "This, CRETIN, could destroy you before you blink. So chose your words carefully." "You're right, CRETIN is too polite. How about pathetic centaur who steals magic to compensate for the fact that deep down he's afraid he'll never be enough to please dear old dad King Vorak?" Tirek fired a blast at Chrysalis, however she grabbed a rock with her bare hooves which reflected it off it and bounced it throughout the chamber before ultimately dispersing. "Hah ha ha ha! You missed!" "Did she though?" Starlight cut a hole in her cell as she levitated herself to not fall. "ATTACK!" They blasted their magic at her, but she teleported from every blast. As the villains were distracted, she teleported near the mane six's cage. "Get Twilight!" Starlight tried to destroy the cage, but her magic was no good against it. "I'll be back! She WON'T let you down!" Starlight then teleported away, as the villains left the chamber to go search for her. Later.... Twilight paced upstairs inside the crystal castle, as Starlight entered the room. "You're here?! I was so worried! Where are the princesses? And my friends?!" "They are kept imprisoned by impenetrable magic, I was able to escape because they accidentally destroyed my cell. But there isn't any time! You need to get out there and save them!" "I can't.... From the second I got away, I've been searching every book, scroll, and spell for a way to rescue you and stop Storm King, Tirek, and Cozy, but I haven't found anything. I failed." "You'll come up with something. I can't save Equestria without you." "Look around! Nothing I've ever done has mattered! Sombra? Returned and destroyed the tree of harmony! Storm King, Tirek, and Cozy Glow? Returned and more powerful then ever! The school of friendship? Shut down! Everypony is so blinded by fear they can't remember what friendship is! Nothing we do makes any difference!" "Well, it's not like things can get any worse...." Just as Starlight said that, they heard screeching coming from outside. 'Me and my big fat mouth....' Starlight thought to herself. "Well you can't just sit here and do nothing!" "I've already done enough." "Ugh! Twilight listen to me! When you took me in as your protege I felt that I would never be able to live up to the job! I felt that my terrible decisions would prevent me from understanding the true meaning of friendship! But I made it! I learned and understood it while even making new friends! And I never could have done it without YOUR guidance! I believe in you Twilight, in us...." "I.... I guess you have a point.... Ok, I'll do it! But we still need a plan...." "I think I'm coming up with a pretty good one....." Meanwhile.... "She's nowhere inside the castle! We'll just have to hunt her down along with the-..... Windigos?" "I'm not hunting anypony do-do-do-do-down in this weather! Can't we just magically get rid of them and warm things up?" "I think not, this could work well in my favor...." "You mean OUR favor." "The harsh weather is the final blow to DESTROY those pathetic ponies spirits! Once their land is but a frozen wasteland, we will use our ultimate power to ANNIHILATE those windy beasts! Ponies will be so grateful they will OBEY MY EVERY COMMAND!" "The Windigos are ancient magic! It would be unwise to leave them unchecked, best we deal with them NOW." "Hmph." "We should probably deal with Twilight and Starlight before anything else." "I thought you said it was too cold for you to hunt anypony down." "We don't have to! They're right there!" Cozy pointed at the ponies beneath the castle. "You think they know we're here?" A portal opened up and the three stepped out prepared for battle. "I think they have an idea....." "That bell has Chrysalis, Celestia, and Luna's magic inside, if they use it against us-" "They don't know how to use changeling magic." "You just don't know when to quit even though you've already been beaten, can you?" "You can't beat us if we never give up! As long as my friends are still ok, I'll put my faith in friend-" "Ugh! Can we get on with this please?!" Cozy fired a blast at Twilight and Starlight, before they teleported away and hid in the bushes as the villains looked for them. "We need to get that bell and get Chrysalis and the princesses their magic back. Starlight, you distract them, I'll get the bell." Starlight nodded in agreement. "Stop hiding and come out to play!" "There!" Starlight rushed out of the bush and teleported all over the place as they tried to blast her. "missed me!" "Too slow!" "Is that all you got?" "Bored now!" "Does she have to be SOOOO ANNOYING?!" "Not annoying, distracting!" Storm King pointed at Twilight trying to take the bell, as he tried to pull it away from her with his magic. However, Starlight joined Twilight and tried to grasp it away, but the other two villains blasted them with their magic before they could. "Looks like the magic of friendship has FAILED you, a fitting end to your pathetic story." "No matter what, we face it together." As Twilight and Starlight desperately embraced each other, the three villains charged up and blasted their magic towards them. ............ "Wha- what happened?..." "See for yourself." Twilight opened her eyes and saw a force field protecting them from harm. "What's going on?" They looked up and saw an army of everycreature charging towards the legion with everything they've got. The Pegasi swooped in and spun around Cozy, making her dizzy. The changelings then turned into duplicates of Twilight and Starlight, confusing them. "Don't let them escape!" "Which ones?!" The yaks then stomped their hooves to the ground, making the three villains trip. The two ponies were then lifted atop the hill. "The changelings won't fool them forever, and I don't know how long the unicorns shield will hold!" "I don't understand..... How are you all here?" "That's kinda our fault...." "You know those long lectures about friendship you gave at school?" One flashback montage later.... "Well what do you know, I TOLD you you had things figured out." As Twilight looked at Starlight with a warm smile, a changeling suddenly hit the shield and Twilight looked back. As the shield was being bombarded with Pegasi, the unicorn's couldn't hold it much longer and it collapsed. The villains then punched the ground so hard it sent everycreature flying, as they charged at the army ready to take them all on. However, Twilight blasted magic next to them to halt their progress. "ENOUGH! Because of you I almost lost my way! But everycreature here has reminded me of the true power of friendship! There will always be darkness in the world, but there will also be those that find the light! The pillars knew this, that's why they created the elements of harmony." As Twilight continued with her speech, her friends, the princesses, the pillars, Tempest as she was unfrozen, and Chrysalis were teleported from the prison to the mountain where everyone was standing against the villains. "The elements showed me and my friends how strong our friendship could be! Together we worked to bring harmony to Equestria, but there will always be more work to do. Which is why we teach others about the magic of friendship, others who will continue our work after we are gone." As Twilight continued, her friends, the pillars, and the young six all floated up in the air enchanted with the magic of friendship. "Now I truly understand! The elements were just symbols! The real magic has always been right here! And the more who understand how powerful friendship is, the stronger we will all be! Together!" The pillars, the young six, and the mane six then all launched rainbows at Twilight, who unleashed into one big rainbow that banished the windigos. "This is bad, isn't it?" The rainbow was then blasted towards the villains and struck them, ridding them of their stolen magic and stripping them of their power as the bell fell to the ground. Cozy fell to the ground, noticing her horn was gone. Tirek got up in his more elderly form, shaking from how cold it was. And Storm King gasped in horror, realizing all his strong muscles were gone. Twilight and the others then landed back on the ground. "YOU THINK SOME CORNY SPEECH AND FREINDSHIP LASERS CAN PROTECT YOU?! WE WILL COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN! NOTHING WILL EVER STO-" They were then crushed by a giant cupcake. "What the-?" Twilight wondered what could be causing that. "Sorry, his boasting was getting sooooooo annoying, I had to step in and shut him up myself. Well, congratulations once again Twilight!" Discord congratulated the princess of friendship. "Yeah, thanks." "Oh, don't bother getting the bell yourselves, I'll do it free of charge." Discord assured, as he picked up the bell and gave Chrysalis, Celestia, and Luna their magic back, as the villains resurfaced from the cupcake. "There isn't a punishment WORTHY of all you've done!" "I don't think that's necessary your majesty. In case you've forgotten, I was the one who made their villainy possible in the first place." "But Chrysalis, they are active fiends! Just because you encouraged them doesn't mean they won't stop looking for trouble in the future!" "But can't we give them a chance? I never thought it would be possible that someone like me could be taught to share love over taking it.... I only ask that we do the same for these three...." Chrysalis beckoned the princesses to give the three villains a chance, as they pondered over it.... "Very well.... They will be each assigned to a different pony to reform them, as for Chrysalis, her punishment will be decided by her people." Celestia declared, as Chrysalis gulped in hesitation. "Gag! I'd rather be turned into a statue with the two of you." Storm King pouted, as Tirek and Cozy groaned in annoyance. Everycreature atop the mountain cheered in celebration for their victory. "When I sent you to ponyville, I had high hopes. When you became princess of friendship, I knew I made the right decision. But nothing could prepare me for how proud I am right now. Equestria is definitely in the right hooves. You are ready." Celestia declared, as she and Luna bowed for Twilight. "You know what? I think I am." The end.
Chapter 1. The beginning of the endPieces of smashed statue laid on the Canterlot grounds. Nopony really stepped on it, so it wasn't disposed of by the authorities. However, the pieces were suddenly taken by an aura of magic that carried it to an unknown location..... Later..... Lord Tirek and Cozy Glow found themselves in a dark cave, as they turned around they saw the obsidian statue of the Storm King himself, which was suddenly turned into the real Storm King. "GASP, Augh! My back! Everything hurts! Ugh.... Finally! Back to my old self again!" Storm King was relieved, as he turned to the company present in the room. "A storm creature?" Tirek spoke in curiosity. "Umm, that's the Storm KING to you buddy, now why did you bring me back?" Storm King interrogated the two other villains. "Oh golly! We didn't revive you, I thought you freed us from Tartarus." Cozy gave a cute smile, hoping to be spared from the Storm King's wrath. "Tartarus? You mean that icky dungeon where all the monsters go? Yeah it wasn't me." Storm King stated, as they all suddenly heard evil laughter coming from the top of a rock. As the smoke dispersed, it then transformed into the form of King Sombra himself. "King Sombra? You have returned?" Tirek acknowledged the Umbrum in front of them. "So it was YOU who bought us here?" Storm King interrogated. "He didn't." An old, booming voice answered. They all turned to see an blue, old goat who walked over to the table. "It was I. You may call me, GROGAR." The one who claimed to be spoke, as Tirek gasped in amazement. "I thought you were a legend!" "I've heard of you!" Sombra said out of nowhere. "Who?" "Yeah I'm with the kiddo on this one, who?" Storm King didn't know who Grogar was either. "I assure you, I am very real. And you have all been bought here as part of MY plan to rid Equestria of Twilight Sparkle and her friends! Once and for all." The ancient ram of legend stated, letting out a laugh that could send fear into any creature. "I am so sorry, but the name Grofar? That just doesn't ring any bells." "GROGAR!!! I have been away too long if my name no longer strikes fear into the heart of one so tiny, or an uncultured MONKEY like you." "Hey!" Storm King was a gasped by this old goats disrespect. "Perhaps a demonstration of power is in order?" "Grogar" begun to emit a pulse of magic that radiated from the horns, which Tirek caught and devoured, allowing him to gain more power and grow a couple inches. Tirek observed his new biceps, then kissed one of them. "Grogar is ancient and extremely powerful. The land that would become Equestria, was a mere collection of farms and pastures until he declared himself emperor of all he saw. I remember hearing tales of his tyranny when I was young." "I have also heard of the first emperor of Equestria, the father of monsters." "I gave life to the foulest of creatures, and allowed them to run wild, taking what they wanted and destroying the rest. My reign was a glorious fear soaked epoch of darkness in Equestria......" "Wait wait wait wait! So you ruled the land for some time before you suddenly, just..... Stopped?" Storm King questioned the goat's absence until now. "That self righteous Gusty the Great stole my bewitching Bell! But it only weakened me temporarily......" "Umm, Tirek is reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly old. No offense you look great. But, if he knew about you when he was young, we have super different ideas on what temporarily means...." "SILENCE!!! I've spent millennia gathering power, biding my time, waiting for the perfect opportunity to seize control of Equestria! And watching all of you, I've seen each of your humiliating defeats at the hooves of six puny ponies! And do you know why they've always bested you?" Sombra was about to speak, until Storm King PUSHED him out of the way. "Because they're overpowered!" "Because they are annoyingly lucky...." "I'm just a kid, so...." "It is because they work together. Where one is weak, another is strong, and thus unified, they are a formidable force. But we shall use their own strategy to defeat them...." "And what is your proposition Grampa?" Storm King mocked. "I propose nothing..... I DEMAND that you join me! And together, Equestria will be ours." "I don't do "ours", I only do MINE!!! I will take back the crystal empire on my own! And I will destroy anypony who gets in MY way." "Such confidence. Go, TRY to take back your kingdom, I shall send you there myself. If you prevail, you may keep it. But when you fail you will submit to ME." "And if I refuse this, DEAL?..." "Then I shall return you to the darkness from which you were summoned..." "Fine. But this is a waste of time, as I will crush those who defy me! I will defeat all who get in my way! I-" "I advise the rest of you to prepare to work together!" "Well, working together sounds an awful lot like making friends..... So.... You two are in luck because I know all about that!" "pfft! Making friends is for losers! I didn't build an empire and conquered hundreds by befriending everyone I saw." Storm King scoffed. "Indeed! Friendship is a weakness, it restrains you from your full potential and makes you obey the whim of your so called 'friend'." Tirek agreed with the Storm King's ill conceived views on friendship. "But friendship is power! The more friends you have, the more pawns who will do ANYTHING for you." Cozy retaliated. "Maybe to a naive little pipsqueak like you, but I don't buy it. And personally, I don't trust this.... Grogar character, I mean, uniting a rag tag band of criminals and monsters like us to defeat those cute little ponies sounds fun, but I mean, there's just some smell to him that doesn't sit right with me..." Storm King commented on "Grogar's" hygiene. "Smell?" Tirek asked. "Yeah you don't smell it? My kind has evolved to have an acute sense of smell, and he smells AWFUL...." Storm King stated, as he plugged his nose. "Well, we should still work together so we have a better chance at winning! Come on! Whose with me?" Cozy asked the other two villains, as they both groaned in annoyance. "Come on! I can get the three of us to be working together in no time! All we have to do is-" Three hours later..... "Now I'll say something nice about Centaurs. Tirek, you say something nice about storm creatures. And Storm King, you say something nice about ponies!" "HAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!...... Oh, you're serious." Storm King made fun, as "Grogar" entered the room. "Let us hope the three of you will be enough for my plans....." "And what of King what's-it's-face?" Storm King already forgot Sombra's name. "Did he succeed?" "HAH! I'd say he gambled, and LOST. But at least he can serve as a warning to those who doubt continuing with my plans, unless any of you have doubts...." "Uhh, not I." "Umm, no....?" "I'm good!" "Then we shall join forces, and work together to bring Equestria to it's knees!" "Grogar" begun to laugh maniacally, as the other three joined in out of fear.... However, the Storm King knew there was something up with this..... "Grogar", and he was going to get to the bottom of it....
Chapter 2. Frenemies"Grogar" was staring at the crystal ball, until Storm King rudely interrupts. "Hey, so you planning on attacking those cute ponies yet? I kinda have a busy schedule to follow and I don't have all year." Storm King coldly stated, as he left to the table where Tirek and Cozy sat. "I'm leaving, since it's impossible to accomplish the work I need to do here. I suggest the three of you come to some kind of accord!" The three villains simply argued until "Grogar" silenced them with magic. "I don't care how, but you must learn to work together! Only then can we accomplish what you so greatly desire: THE DEFEAT OF TWILIGHT SPARKLE AND HER FRIENDS!" Later..... Storm King was busy thinking in his room on what was the deal with "Grogar", until he was suddenly interrupted by the sound of tiny hoof steps. "And what are you doing?" The demented filly asked the storm tyrant. "I'm a bit sketchy over this Grogar guy, and I think he may be up to something." Storm King stated. "Well perhaps we can discuss it over a meeting. You see, Grogar left me in charge and-" "No he didn't! Why would he leave a cute little pony like you in charge?" Storm King mocked the evil filly. "Well first of all being cute is what allowed me to nearly drain all the magic of Equestria!" "YOU?!" Storm King laughed at how somepony like Cozy nearly rid Equestria of all magic. "YES! And second, I'm the smartest one here!" Cozy declared proudly. "Umm yeah, there is no way a literal CHILD is smarter then I." Storm King pouted. "Either way, we can discuss what Grogar is up to if you join me and Tirek in our meeting." Cozy stated, leaving Storm King to think about it..... "Fine. As long as it's QUICK." "Wouldn't have it any other way!" Cozy said while giving a forced smile, leaving Storm King to leave in a huff. Later.... "Grogar wants us to work together to defeat our enemies. Which means, we need to trust each other." "Yeah, if we are to trust each other, perhaps tell off big red over here to quit draining my essence." Storm King stated, as Tirek was indeed doing so until he stopped and spat in his cupcake. "I wasn't doing anything of the sort! How dare you!" "How dare I? I was literally looking at you in the process of doing it." "I could have been doing anything! You can't just judge things for how they appear." "It's kind of what I do bub." "This is why Grogar left ME in charge!" "NO, HE, DIDN'T!" Cozy groaned in frustration until she noticed the banner she made of all of them together, which gave her an idea. She approached the table. "I think, I know, a way that we can grow. Time to try something new something better. No more, solo, trust is the way to go. And all we need to do is work together...." "Ahh please! No thanks! No way. I feel the need to say, I'm smarter, stronger! And I don't need you, two." "HAH! Stronger? Ok. I guess we'll downplay, how bad you got your rear end handed to you?" "It's time to try a better way to be bad." "Do we really need a better way to be bad?" "United as one." "Teamwork? Please, what a fad." "Combined with all our strength, we can go to any length, once we have a better way to be bad. Let's go, begin. This time we're gonna win." "The ice you're on is thin so watch what you say!" "I know, you're in. I think I see a grin." "For all this pain and torture I swear you'll pay!" "This time we've got a better way to be bad." "Sounds like a long shot this better way to be bad." "United as one, we'll make those ponies so sad." "If we say ok, would you just go away?" "Once we have a better way to be bad. We want to break their friendship, we want to make them weak. You want revenge on Tempest, you want that huge physique! So let's increase our chances, by working as a team. To crush our enemies to dust! And laugh as they all scream!" Cozy declared, as she and the others laughed maniacally. "I think, I see a better way to be bad!" "Just put me in charge! Make me king! You'll be glad!" "No! Listen to me, I'm the best of us three." "Then you'll see a better way to be bad!" "Wait! This is my thing a better way to be bad." "You shall do as I command! I will rule this triad!" "Hey! This is my song!" "Sorry not any longer!" "A better way to be bad!" "Now you're making me mad." "Won't the ponies be sad?" "That would make me so glad!" "Now we've got a better way to be bad!" ............................ "Hey! You stepped on my cue!" The villains began arguing again seemingly learning nothing, until "Grogar" stepped in. "ENOUGH! I had hopped by now you would resolve your differences but apparently not!" "Yeah well, maybe if we knew what you're planning, we would be able to prepare for it." Storm King smugly stated. "Assuming you even HAVE a plan." "Of course I have a plan! I have located an object of power, and it occurs to me this is the perfect test. the three of you will work together to retrieve it. Against this item, those ponies won't stand a chance." "I stored the magic of those unicoregus ponies in a staff that gave me the power of a thousand storms! You should put me in charge of this shindig." Storm King offered "Grogar". "I nearly drained all the magic of Equestria! That was good!" "I ABSORBED all the magic of Equestria! I could feel it flowing through my body as I moved!" the three begun to argue and belittle each other over who should be in charge before "Grogar" silenced them. "NONE of you should be in charge! You three need to learn how to work together, and you can't do that if one of you is leading the rest! Understood?!" The three nodded in agreement. "Good, now your mission..." "Grogar" begun to show a projection of events that happened in the past. "Thousands of moons ago, the self righteous Gusty the great, unable to best me face to face stole my Bewitching Bell. A talisman containing most of my own magic. The bell cannot be destroyed, so Gusty hid it in a place it has taken me millennia to discover. An enchanted cave high atop MT. Everhoof, protected by magical winds that prevent anypony from reaching its peak. There the bell has remained, until now........ Scale MT. Everhoof! Bring me back my BELL." "Is that all?! This is gonna be easy peasy!" Storm King boasted..... Later...... "Well it sounded lemon squeezy....." Storm King justified his boasting earlier..... "Scale the mountain." "Retrieve Grogar's bell...." "Together! I Drew up a detailed plan showing several aids to show how we can...... Ditch each other.... maybe when I'm waiting for them at the top, then they'll appreciate me." Meanwhile..... The Storm King walked to the mountain as the winds pushed him away from getting closer. He tried his hardest to approach by holding his arms in front of the breeze, trying to stay on the beaten path. When he got to the mountain, he tried to climb it to the top with his bare hands, only for the wind to make him lose his balance and slide back down the bottom. "D'oh!" He exclaimed when he landed on his butt, as he groaned in irritation.... Three hours later.... Storm King was nearly exhausted, as he climbed up and up for what seemed like days.... "Sigh..... Almost..... There......" he exclaimed, as he reached a platform.... Only to discover that the platform he was on was very close to the bottom, and that he made almost no progress whatsoever. Storm King was fuming, as he got back down annoyed and angry over the stupid mountain.... Later..... "THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!!" Cozy and Tirek were now facing an Ophiotarus, due to their consistent bickering that lured it to their location. However, just as it was about to strike, it was suddenly hit with an orb that released a green smoke that surrounded it. It was then slowly turned into stone, as Cozy and Tirek watched in shock. "Hah! Boom baby! Did you see that?! I totally got that bull-snake monster thing. Good thing I was still carrying these babies after my petrification." Storm King boasted "I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight....." Cozy exclaimed, shocked at the fate of the creature that stood before them. "And just so we're clear I didn't save you because I like you.... I did it because..... Because I...." "Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed us?" "Yes....." "Clearly I was right to wait. Now tell me everything you've learned, leave nothing out!" Later..... Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow, and The Storm King all sat down on an open fire. "soooooo, is that Ophiotarus...... Alive...... Or?...." The filly asked the storm creature. "Yes. If it weren't, then I wouldn't have been able to absorb the magic from those pegacorn creatures." Storm King explained. "So when you captured the princesses, you petrified them too?" "Yes. And I was about to do the same to the fourth and her cute friends, until TEMPEST got in the way, took the blow, and left me to be SMASHED INTO A THOUSAND PIECES!!!" "Those ponies have weaknesses, I made Twilight give up her magic to me in exchange for the release of her precious friends." "Oh those ponies will do anything for their ridiculous friendship won't they?" "You should have seen Twilight's face when her friends appeared in bubbles around me, she was all, 'Aah! Uhh! Ooh! Ehh!'" Cozy and Storm King laughed over Tirek's mockery of the friendship princess. "She's so stressed out all the time!" "When I started playing with the sun and moon with the power of my staff, I thought she was going to explode!!!" "I wish I could've seen her face when I nearly erased all the magic from Equestria." "ALL the magic seems a little excessive don't you think?" "Eh, I think big. Besides, it would've been worth it just to see Twilight and her friends bow down to me!" "Indeed it would, who wouldn't love to see their faces when they've realized they lost everything?" "She would probably be groveling at the feet of the ultimately powerful Storm King! Seeing as how I'm the strongest villain here." "Eh boasting aside, I think working with you two may not be the worst thing." "Perhaps.... As long as it results in THE COMPLETE CONQUEST OF EQUESTRIA AND THE LANDS BEYOND." The Storm King boomed. "I wouldn't have it any other way..... Check out my impression of Twilight the pathetic pony princess!" Cozy begun to pull out a doll of Twilight from her bag, as she played with it and made it do humiliating gestures as Tirek and Storm King laughed.... Later..... The villains arrived at a shack belonging to Rusty Bucket. When he walked out and saw the villains, Storm King punched the wall in the mountain so hard an avalanche fell onto Rusty. As the villains walked away laughing, Rusty popped his head out of the snow to tell them he's ok. Later.... The villains eventually made it to the mountain through some trial and error. As Storm King tried to rush it inside the cave, he was suddenly struck by a magical force field protecting the entrance. Tirek touched the shield, only to have his hand burnt. "Can you absorb it?" "I can only absorb magic from living beings!" "Like, him?" "You USED me!" "Not used, working together! If Tirek absorbs your energy, he might be strong enough to break through!" "And then what?" "Then.... He gives it back!" "I do?" "How do I know you won't just leave me to the timber wolves after you take my magic?" "Would we do that to you?...." Storm King merely waved his hand in reminder. "Ok normally yes we would." "I'll give you your magic back." ................. "Fine." Storm King suddenly felt his essence flying from his mouth as it entered Tirek's, as his eyes turned more pale. As Storm King fell to the ground weakened, Tirek grew larger. "So......... Much......... POWER!!!! Welcome back BABY!" Tirek blew a hole through the shield, but it was not big enough. "It's not big enough for me!" "Maybe not you! Keep it open! Or I'll be trapped forever!" "Would that be so terrible?" "Can't....... Hold...... Much, longer!!! HURRY!!!" Cozy ultimately made it out with the bell in hoof. "Ta da!" Storm King merely grunted weakly as Tirek stared with a look of doubt, before ultimately releasing Storm King's magic back to him, causing him to shrink to how he was before. As Storm King rose up from the ground once again, he was surprised about how Tirek almost willingly gave him back his magic without refusal. "I-.... I didn't think you were going to give it back....." "Neither was I! But working together seemed smarter then to continue fighting." "When we helped each other it felt better somehow......" "I haven't felt like this since before I lost my empire..... Having others who will be there for you is.... pleasing....." "All of these years taking power from ponies...." "When you use your power to help others...." "Yes it feels....... NO!!!" Tirek and Cozy were surprised at Storm King's sudden outburst. "The cute pony thing is contagious! It spreads to you when you have even the TINIEST bit of sentimentality! I swore to myself I wouldn't make friends with anyone! As it is weakness! And I am CERTAINLY not going to start now!" "Same." "Obviously." "But...... Grogar said we have to work together...." "I know there is something up with that old goat.... And I KNOW for certain he doesn't have our best interests at heart, noir do I think he actually is who he says he is..... Let, 'Grogar' think we're his unwitting pawns.... In the meantime, We'll cook up our own devious trick." Storm King plotted with a wicked smile. "Ooooooooo, I LOVE a good backstabbing!" "After that, we can go back to trying to destroy each other!" "In the meantime, what do we do with this?......" Later...... "YOU FAILED TO RETRIEVE THE BELL?!" "Oh, we're sorry almighty Grogar." "We worked together as you asked." "We just aren't as powerful as you....." "Grogar" Only lead out a huge screech that made everyone cover their ears. "Obviously! At least you finally did as you were told and worked together." "Of course!" "Whatever you command!" "Forget about that ding dong bell! You were right! We are much more effective, when we work as a team....."
Chapter 3. The summer sun setback"He's gone!" Storm King and Tirek emerged from their hiding places as Cozy gave them the all clear. "I don't trust him." "None of us do." "Which is why backstabbing the old ram with his own bell do hickey will be all the worth while." Storm King proudly declared. "If we can figure out how to use it." Tirek took the bell and rattled it a bit trying to see what makes it tick. "Twilight Sparkle may be the worst, but she does know stuff. She once said the archives in Canterlot have a restricted area...." "Celestia and Luna love to horde information for themselves. If there's an answer, it's there." "Yes! It's about time I returned back to that cute little castle for a little visit." "Oh my gosh! Road trip!" Later.... Tirek, Cozy, and Storm King were hiding in the back ally ways of Canterlot. "Why are so many ponies up in the middle of the night?" "It's that silly sun holiday." "How many holidays do you horses have? No matter, sneaking in will be easy as pie!" "Are you sure about that?" Tirek pointed at the fan security measure that blew away anything that tried to intrude. "Ahh, those are new. But maybe we could find a way to sneak in." Storm King suggested, as he pointed at an entrance protected by guards. They saw how they used a special badge to activate the doors, meaning that regular entryway was impossible without it anyway. "Hmph, so they have guards guarding the entrance AND a special security measurement? These ponies are RIDICULOUSLY paranoid." Storm King grumbled to himself, as a flash of light popped up over the ally way, causing the villains to hide in front of the boxes. They saw Twilight's friends planning the summer sun celebration. "Increased security, on a crowded holiday, with Twilight and her friends bumbling around? This is impossible...." "Oh, nah. This is excellent! We needed a distraction, and those STUPID ponies just gave it to us! Now, do exactly as I tell you." Later..... The flaming sky firework troupe was in the middle of organization by almost every unicorn in the group. They were in the middle of organization when they heard an exclamation from the back of the crowd. "Gee! I don't see why we have to waste our time performing for lower ponies then us." Fire Flare looked at the crowd, wondering who could be exclaiming that. "Yeah! We unicorns are the ones with magic! Why should we work our butts for grounders or flyers anyway?" The unicorns chatted amongst themselves, knowing that the strangers had good points. "I say we put our hooves down, and tell them we won't be slaving away for the lower classes anymore!" The unicorns agreed with the unfound source's words, as Storm King looked at them hidden in a barrel while snickering to himself.... Later.... The villains sneaked into the archive after stealing a badge from an unsuspecting guard. Storm King scouted ahead for goose security, until they eventually found their way into the archives. When they made it in, they found the book, and prepared to take it back to the lair. Later..... "Soooooooooo, did you find what you're looking for?" "Once again, I've found success where you all find failure. I have located what I sought, and tomorrow I will set out to retrieve it. When I return, Equestria will finally be ours for the taking...." Tirek could only groan in annoyance when "Grogar" left. "Oh stop whining big guy." "You know you couldn't stay that buff, you had to return all the life force from those earth ponies so 'Grogar' doesn't suspect anything!" "I don't have to like it." "Well I don't like that we worked so hard to destroy their party and they still pulled it off, but you don't see me complaining!" "Our goal wasn't to destroy, it was to distract! And now we finally have the upper hand against those cute ponies!" "And no time to waste! We ought to master the bell before 'Grogar' returns." "We've managed to one up all those ponies so far." "You know, it really was super easy to get all those earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi to turn on each other...." "It was wasn't it? Now there's a wonderfully awful idea...."
Chapter 4: The ending of the end part 1"Ahh, Stormy, another successful field trip I presume?" "Don't call me that again, and yes. Spreading lies and rumors among those equines is waaaaaay too easy. We could overpower and humiliate the friendship users a million times! But as long as they have love, and harmony, and peace on their side bleh! They CLIMB UP BACK TO THE TOP! Not, anymore." "No friendship, no magic! It's so obvious when you think about it. I did my part freaking out the pegasi." "And 'Grogar''s absence has given me time to prepare the next part of our plan, Grogar's bell. This artifact can steal any creatures magic, it holds that magic until it is released by this spell! Which means, all the power inside is OURS for the taking!" Tirek begun to kiss the bell. "You're drooling on the bell." "Let's use it before 'Grogar' gets back, I KNOW for certain that he isn't who he says he is! And I am going to prove it! We shall drain the 'goat' of his magic when he returns, and we will see who he REALLY is! Are you with me or ARE YOU WITH ME?!" "Take my hands." ............................................... "So we can ALL be part of the spell! Unless you prefer I take all the magic for myself?...." Storm King and Cozy reluctantly take Tirek's hands. "Our pact stands, what we do we do as a unite. Once we bash all the protectors of pony land, we will take over and rule our separate kingdoms, ALONE, once more." The Storm King claimed, as Tirek activated the bell. It then floated in the air and released its stolen magic to Tirek, Cozy, and Storm King. When they got up, they emerged with new forms, as the three of them laughed maniacally. "I have returned! Twilight's coronation is today, and we're going to ruin it, with THIS artifact. But to succeed, you MUST work together!" "Oh, way ahead of you grampa." Storm King jumped from the celling as a taller, muscular brute, as he zapped a magical force field encasing "Grogar" from his bare hands. Tirek and Cozy Glow soon emerged as well with the bell. "The bell?! You had it all this time?! Why didn't you tell me?!" "We're villains, duh." They activated the bell and begun draining "Grogar's" magic. As "he" screamed and squirmed, "he" began to change into a sparkling, blue, crystalized bug that fell to the ground weakened. When Chrysalis got up and saw the superpowered villains before her, she gasped in horror. "That was unexpected." The changeling ran away from the cave to warn Twilight and her friends. "Wait! Chrysalis was Grogar?! Like the whole time? Should we follow her?...." "Ehh, leave the bug. Without magic she is no threat to us. Besides, we have plans...." Later.... Twilight was dealing with pre coronation nerves at the moment, as everypony was looking at them with weird looks and tense frowns. As she wondered what could be making everypony so tense with her friends, they were interrupted by a familiar voice. "Umm, hi.... I think I have an explanation for all of this...." Chrysalis sheepishly answered. "Chrysalis? What are you doing here?" Twilight asked the reformed changeling queen. "Well.... You remember that whole thing with King Sombra?.... That was SLIGHTLY my fault. And by slightly I mean I kind of..... Bought him back?...." "What?! How could you do such a thing?!" Fluttershy cried. "Well it was quite easy actually! All you have to do is gather his remains, draw a resurrection circle, use the correct spell and-.... Oh, you mean in a moral sense. Well, I thought it would be the best way to prepare you to be in charge of Equestria, which is why I also bought back three other villains who are.... now on the loose.... and are really not big fans of yours soooo.... My bad." Twilight and her friends could only gasp in horror over this information.... Later, at the changeling hive.... "Let me get this straight, you wanted to boost Twilight's confidence, so you bought back The Storm King, Tirek, and Cozy Glow to attack her?!" Thorax was outraged how Chrysalis could do such a thing even after her metamorphosis. "Don't forget Sombra." "And while you united these THREE villains, YOU changed into Grogar?!" "Chrysalis, how could you do this to us?" Twilight was struck how someone they thought they could trust and has changed for over a year could do something like this. "I intended to make up for the time I trapped you and your friends in cocoons, by giving you the opportunity to fight back against your aggressors instead of being rendered helpless. I thought that after defeating three villains, everypony would see you for the confident, strong leader we all know you can be." "You have made a grave misjudgment, MOTHER. Do you have anything else you would like to tell us?" "Sigh.... All my magic is trapped in Grogar's bell, and The Storm King, Tirek, and Cozy Glow now have all the real Grogar's magic...." "This is terrible! We need to alert the Equestrian princesses before this DISASTER happens!" "I.... Need some time to think first...." "Well there isn't any time! They're probably on their way to attack Canterlot! RIGHT NOW!" "Then we'll stop them!" "How?! Our previous battle with Sombra was set up!" "Yes but your victory was real. Chrysalis could never have affected how it played out. Besides, it doesn't matter if your challenges were set up or not, your friends believe in you, and always have." Thorax assured the friendship princess. Twilight looked on at her friends with confidence in her eyes.... "Right, Spike! Send a letter to Starswirl! Tell him we need the pillars to guard the boarders of Canterlot. If the villains are coming for a fight, we'll have one waiting for them! With The Storm King on the loose, he'll be after Fizzlepop. Warn Cadance and Shining Armor, they're our final line of defense if we fail. The ultimate battle for the fate of Equestria, is coming!" Meanwhile.... "We're not going anywhere until you two stop arguing! Storm King.... Say something nice about Tirek." "Ugh! He's.... red...." "Tirek?...." "He's..... not as annoying as I expected....." "Good! Now we were talking about Grogar's bell." "We should take the magic inside! With a changeling's power inside each of us, we could TURN INTO WHATEVER BEAST OR MONSTER WE WANT!!!" "But we wouldn't know how to USE changeling magic! No other creature BESIDES a changeling knows how to do it!" "I guess if you need a guinea pig to see if anyone could use changeling magic I'll volunteer." The two took the risk and blasted Cozy with the changeling magic, causing her to change into a humongous dragon as she laughed maniacally. "FOOLS! NOW I CAN TURN INTO THE MOST POWERFUL CREATURE ALIVE!!! KNEEL BEFORE MY MIGHT!!!" Cozy tried to breath fire at the two, but all that came out was a huff of smoke that made them cough rapidly. Cozy, annoyed, kept trying to breath fire, but the smoke eventually caused her to cough rapidly. "COUGH! TAKE IT BACK! TAKE IT BACK!" The two agreed and zapped the changeling magic back inside the bell, turning Cozy back into an Alicorn filly. "Still think changeling magic is a good idea?" "Ehh, leave it in the bell for now. We have a kingdom to subjugate!" "So, where should we strike first?" "Heh heh, EVERYWHERE." The three then left the cave to invade all of Equestria. Later.... Fizzlepop received Twilight's message, and was now hiding from The Storm King where the tree of harmony used to be. "Ooooh Tempest! Where are yooooooooou? You have a horn that is in need of FIXING..." "RIGHT HERE!" Fizzlepop jumped out, and in a flash of electricity, she teleported herself and Storm King to a snowy location. "What?! What did you do?! Where are we?!" "Somewhere you can't hurt anyone!" "Wrong! I can hurt YOU!" The two battled in the frozen mountaintops for dominance, blasting lightning at each other back and fourth while bantering. "You're gonna pay for pushing me into a pile of rocks for two years!" "You deceived me so I could give you the power you wanted!" "Don't take that personally! I told you I do it like ALL the time!" "That explains why your soldiers left you after your petrification." "WHY YOU...." As the fight lasted for what seemed like hours, the lightning became more and more larger in range with intensity from both opponents. "RAGH! Stand still so I can blast you!" "Oh yes, real motivating." Tempest then fired a bolt straight at Storm King, causing him to be greatly injured. "Grr, you'll PAY for that!" "Put it on my tab." Storm King in a fit of rage blasted lightning at the mountain top above Tempest, only for her to teleport out of the way and cause it to land on Storm King instead. As Fizzlepop walked away thinking that did the job, the snow begun to emit a blue glow before exploding and causing her to fall back unconscious. She was then hit with an obsidian orb that turned her into granite. "I don't know why I didn't just do that from the beginning.... Oh well, now I have all the time in the world to TORTURE you...." Later.... Cozy Glow was weakened from Twilight and her friends putting up more then a fight, however that would soon change when the other two villains burst into the Canterlot throne room. Storm King hopped into the shattered window as Tirek jumped in and pushed over the throne, revealing Chrysalis who was hiding from the chaos. Cozy however grabbed her with her magic and tossed her to where the others were. Twilight then conjured a shield to protect them from the villains. "You think your ridiculous shield can save you?! HAH HA! The pony wizards have been captured, your elementary abandoned. Face it Princess, YOU'VE LOST." "You can attack us, and we may fall. But we will stand together, united in friendship. And we won't stop until we defeat you, no matter HOW many ponies you take down!" The villains could only laugh hysterically, as she had no idea what they were up to. "Didn't you all notice something was wrong in Equestria? We've been busy." "A whisper here, a rumor there." "Destroy some crops, cause some damage." "Turn pony against pony." "Until your entire kingdom is FALLING TO PIECES! Waiting for just the tiniest PUSH to send them over the edge!" "There's no backup friends or rainbow magic to save you now!" "Golly! I think it's time for some REDECORATING." The three villains then blasted a combined laser at the entire wall of the castle, obliterating it entirely as the castle begun to collapse. "You know what's more powerful then friendship princess?..... FEAR!" Storm King lashed at Twilight, which caused her shield to break from the pressure of his magic. "Because when you have to protect yourself, you don't have time for ANYPONY ELSE." "Too bad you never taught THAT in school!" The three begun to fire at Twilight, until they were hit with a rock sent by none other then Rarity to protect Twilight. However, they then got up to fire again before her friends protected her with a giant rock. "Go Twilight! Get help!" "No! I can't leave you here!" "It's our only chance!" "You'll come up with something to save the day!" "You always do!" "We believe in you!" "LEAVE!!!" Twilight just barely teleported out of the castle before the rock was blasted by the trio's magic..... To be continued....
Chapter 5. The ending of the end part 2"And now for your complete destruction!!! Won't that be FUN?" "Patience Cozy! Destruction is so.... Permanent. We need to show the ridiculously adorable ponies that we have dominated their heroes first! And besides, we should, SAVOR, the moment." "But I-" "Eh! Savor it!" "But-" "SAVOR IT!" "Well-" "SAVOR, THE MOMENT!" ............................ "Sigh.... I do enjoy a good savor." "No! We need to hunt down Princess Twilight! As long as she's still out there she poses a threat to us!" "Bah! Is the big, strong centaur really scared of a cute little pony? Besides, it's not like her friends can go anywhere. I have enchanted the cages with magic cancelling power that only WE can break! Hah ha! And to think, none of this would have been possible without Grogar's bell! Isn't that right, 'GROGAR'?" The Storm King pulled Chrysalis's chain as she fell to the ground weakened, emotionally and physically. However, when the other two were distracted, Cozy Glow tried to absorb more magic from the bell. "WHAT do you think you're doing?! You SAW what happened when you tried to absorb the changeling magic for yourself!" "Yeah, but there's Alicorn princess magic in there now too! I could be so much more powerful if I just-" "What do you mean YOU could be?" "Umm, hello? I'm the best one out of all of us!" The three began to argue and bicker like pests again, as the prisoners looked at each other in dread. "We gotta find Twilight, she's probably already figured out some way to defeat those monsters." "Any idea how we get out of here to do that?" Spike knocked at the steel bars. "Too solid, there's no way we could break through these bars." "I'm so sorry. It all made sense in my head, Twilight defeats her worst foes and is filled with confidence. I truly did have the best intentions, I swear I'll make it up to you." "That's gonna have to be a pretty epic make up." "Stay away from the bell you PEST! None of us can use the Alicorn magic until we figure out how to handle that INSECT'S RIDICULOUS CHANGING MAGIC!" "I could always, tell you how.... It would allow you to turn into whatever monster your hearts desire.... But you'd.... have to ask nicely, and spare my friends." "No Chrysalis! This isn't the way to help!" "Chryssie, could you pweaaaaaaaase-" "Threats are more MY language, SPEAK!" "She's lying! She won't tell us!" "Especially not YOU, who tried to conquer our kingdom before my throne zapped away your stolen energy, you MUSCLE BOUND CRETIN." "This, CRETIN, could destroy you before you blink. So chose your words carefully." "You're right, CRETIN is too polite. How about pathetic centaur who steals magic to compensate for the fact that deep down he's afraid he'll never be enough to please dear old dad King Vorak?" Tirek fired a blast at Chrysalis, however she grabbed a rock with her bare hooves which reflected it off it and bounced it throughout the chamber before ultimately dispersing. "Hah ha ha ha! You missed!" "Did she though?" Starlight cut a hole in her cell as she levitated herself to not fall. "ATTACK!" They blasted their magic at her, but she teleported from every blast. As the villains were distracted, she teleported near the mane six's cage. "Get Twilight!" Starlight tried to destroy the cage, but her magic was no good against it. "I'll be back! She WON'T let you down!" Starlight then teleported away, as the villains left the chamber to go search for her. Later.... Twilight paced upstairs inside the crystal castle, as Starlight entered the room. "You're here?! I was so worried! Where are the princesses? And my friends?!" "They are kept imprisoned by impenetrable magic, I was able to escape because they accidentally destroyed my cell. But there isn't any time! You need to get out there and save them!" "I can't.... From the second I got away, I've been searching every book, scroll, and spell for a way to rescue you and stop Storm King, Tirek, and Cozy, but I haven't found anything. I failed." "You'll come up with something. I can't save Equestria without you." "Look around! Nothing I've ever done has mattered! Sombra? Returned and destroyed the tree of harmony! Storm King, Tirek, and Cozy Glow? Returned and more powerful then ever! The school of friendship? Shut down! Everypony is so blinded by fear they can't remember what friendship is! Nothing we do makes any difference!" "Well, it's not like things can get any worse...." Just as Starlight said that, they heard screeching coming from outside. 'Me and my big fat mouth....' Starlight thought to herself. "Well you can't just sit here and do nothing!" "I've already done enough." "Ugh! Twilight listen to me! When you took me in as your protege I felt that I would never be able to live up to the job! I felt that my terrible decisions would prevent me from understanding the true meaning of friendship! But I made it! I learned and understood it while even making new friends! And I never could have done it without YOUR guidance! I believe in you Twilight, in us...." "I.... I guess you have a point.... Ok, I'll do it! But we still need a plan...." "I think I'm coming up with a pretty good one....." Meanwhile.... "She's nowhere inside the castle! We'll just have to hunt her down along with the-..... Windigos?" "I'm not hunting anypony do-do-do-do-down in this weather! Can't we just magically get rid of them and warm things up?" "I think not, this could work well in my favor...." "You mean OUR favor." "The harsh weather is the final blow to DESTROY those pathetic ponies spirits! Once their land is but a frozen wasteland, we will use our ultimate power to ANNIHILATE those windy beasts! Ponies will be so grateful they will OBEY MY EVERY COMMAND!" "The Windigos are ancient magic! It would be unwise to leave them unchecked, best we deal with them NOW." "Hmph." "We should probably deal with Twilight and Starlight before anything else." "I thought you said it was too cold for you to hunt anypony down." "We don't have to! They're right there!" Cozy pointed at the ponies beneath the castle. "You think they know we're here?" A portal opened up and the three stepped out prepared for battle. "I think they have an idea....." "That bell has Chrysalis, Celestia, and Luna's magic inside, if they use it against us-" "They don't know how to use changeling magic." "You just don't know when to quit even though you've already been beaten, can you?" "You can't beat us if we never give up! As long as my friends are still ok, I'll put my faith in friend-" "Ugh! Can we get on with this please?!" Cozy fired a blast at Twilight and Starlight, before they teleported away and hid in the bushes as the villains looked for them. "We need to get that bell and get Chrysalis and the princesses their magic back. Starlight, you distract them, I'll get the bell." Starlight nodded in agreement. "Stop hiding and come out to play!" "There!" Starlight rushed out of the bush and teleported all over the place as they tried to blast her. "missed me!" "Too slow!" "Is that all you got?" "Bored now!" "Does she have to be SOOOO ANNOYING?!" "Not annoying, distracting!" Storm King pointed at Twilight trying to take the bell, as he tried to pull it away from her with his magic. However, Starlight joined Twilight and tried to grasp it away, but the other two villains blasted them with their magic before they could. "Looks like the magic of friendship has FAILED you, a fitting end to your pathetic story." "No matter what, we face it together." As Twilight and Starlight desperately embraced each other, the three villains charged up and blasted their magic towards them. ............ "Wha- what happened?..." "See for yourself." Twilight opened her eyes and saw a force field protecting them from harm. "What's going on?" They looked up and saw an army of everycreature charging towards the legion with everything they've got. The Pegasi swooped in and spun around Cozy, making her dizzy. The changelings then turned into duplicates of Twilight and Starlight, confusing them. "Don't let them escape!" "Which ones?!" The yaks then stomped their hooves to the ground, making the three villains trip. The two ponies were then lifted atop the hill. "The changelings won't fool them forever, and I don't know how long the unicorns shield will hold!" "I don't understand..... How are you all here?" "That's kinda our fault...." "You know those long lectures about friendship you gave at school?" One flashback montage later.... "Well what do you know, I TOLD you you had things figured out." As Twilight looked at Starlight with a warm smile, a changeling suddenly hit the shield and Twilight looked back. As the shield was being bombarded with Pegasi, the unicorn's couldn't hold it much longer and it collapsed. The villains then punched the ground so hard it sent everycreature flying, as they charged at the army ready to take them all on. However, Twilight blasted magic next to them to halt their progress. "ENOUGH! Because of you I almost lost my way! But everycreature here has reminded me of the true power of friendship! There will always be darkness in the world, but there will also be those that find the light! The pillars knew this, that's why they created the elements of harmony." As Twilight continued with her speech, her friends, the princesses, the pillars, Tempest as she was unfrozen, and Chrysalis were teleported from the prison to the mountain where everyone was standing against the villains. "The elements showed me and my friends how strong our friendship could be! Together we worked to bring harmony to Equestria, but there will always be more work to do. Which is why we teach others about the magic of friendship, others who will continue our work after we are gone." As Twilight continued, her friends, the pillars, and the young six all floated up in the air enchanted with the magic of friendship. "Now I truly understand! The elements were just symbols! The real magic has always been right here! And the more who understand how powerful friendship is, the stronger we will all be! Together!" The pillars, the young six, and the mane six then all launched rainbows at Twilight, who unleashed into one big rainbow that banished the windigos. "This is bad, isn't it?" The rainbow was then blasted towards the villains and struck them, ridding them of their stolen magic and stripping them of their power as the bell fell to the ground. Cozy fell to the ground, noticing her horn was gone. Tirek got up in his more elderly form, shaking from how cold it was. And Storm King gasped in horror, realizing all his strong muscles were gone. Twilight and the others then landed back on the ground. "YOU THINK SOME CORNY SPEECH AND FREINDSHIP LASERS CAN PROTECT YOU?! WE WILL COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN! NOTHING WILL EVER STO-" They were then crushed by a giant cupcake. "What the-?" Twilight wondered what could be causing that. "Sorry, his boasting was getting sooooooo annoying, I had to step in and shut him up myself. Well, congratulations once again Twilight!" Discord congratulated the princess of friendship. "Yeah, thanks." "Oh, don't bother getting the bell yourselves, I'll do it free of charge." Discord assured, as he picked up the bell and gave Chrysalis, Celestia, and Luna their magic back, as the villains resurfaced from the cupcake. "There isn't a punishment WORTHY of all you've done!" "I don't think that's necessary your majesty. In case you've forgotten, I was the one who made their villainy possible in the first place." "But Chrysalis, they are active fiends! Just because you encouraged them doesn't mean they won't stop looking for trouble in the future!" "But can't we give them a chance? I never thought it would be possible that someone like me could be taught to share love over taking it.... I only ask that we do the same for these three...." Chrysalis beckoned the princesses to give the three villains a chance, as they pondered over it.... "Very well.... They will be each assigned to a different pony to reform them, as for Chrysalis, her punishment will be decided by her people." Celestia declared, as Chrysalis gulped in hesitation. "Gag! I'd rather be turned into a statue with the two of you." Storm King pouted, as Tirek and Cozy groaned in annoyance. Everycreature atop the mountain cheered in celebration for their victory. "When I sent you to ponyville, I had high hopes. When you became princess of friendship, I knew I made the right decision. But nothing could prepare me for how proud I am right now. Equestria is definitely in the right hooves. You are ready." Celestia declared, as she and Luna bowed for Twilight. "You know what? I think I am." The end.
