Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story. My Little Pony belong to Hasbro and Thor, Loki, Odin, and Frigga belong to Marvel. I also don't own Thor and Loki's pony designs, they belong to lizzytheviking from Deviantart. I also don't own the songs Battle of the Heroes, Immortals Battle, and Captured and Tortured.

The Mane Six looked in disbelief. They couldn’t believe it, the Elements of Harmony had been corrupted by Loki’s magic…and now, the ponies went on and released a bunch of soldiers that worked for the Red Devil AKA General Shield Strike.

“MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Look at them! They are marvelous, are they not?” Loki asked in an amusing taunt before turning to the ponies. “And I have them thanks to you, my little ponies. I could not have done it without you!”

“Hey, don’t give us credit! Ya manipulated us!” Applejack snapped in annoyance.

“You are right, the credit goes to me anyways and of course, my army.”

“Ah ha! Amazing, the world rid of you losers!” Gilda taunted with an amused expression. “I was a bit worried, but now, you’re nothing!”

“Yes, thanks to Loki and us, the world is a better place…for us!” Trixie exclaimed happily. “Ugh, you don’t get it! Loki wants to kill those who stand in his way, his enemies, and ponies!” Twilight groaned. “Even you, Flim, Flam, and the Red Devil!”

“Lies, all lies!”

“Run on home, ponies. You can’t even use the Elements since Loki’s magic still has corrupted them!” Discord said, waving his paw in dismissal. “We don’t need the corruption to stop Loki!” Rarity snapped.

“What is this?” Loki asked in amusement as if being told a crazy joke. “After all that had happen, you still want to fight me?”

“You know, as the old saying goes, ‘take the leader out, the army falls’! Well, we decided to take you out one way or the other!” Twilight snapped.

“Oh, funny. You realize that I am like Nightmare Moon, Discord, Queen Chrysalis, or King Sombra personality and ability wise. I am the feared terror, the son of Laufey, the God of Lies and Mischief!”

“It doesn’t matter! We’re gonna stop you!” Rainbow declared, holding her hooves in front of her face. Loki chuckled as he got into an action pose, “Very well…move aside, my army; I can handle these mares by myself!”

The members of the army moved aside as Loki prepared to fight the Main Six. The song ‘Battle of the Heroes’ from Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith began to play.

“Prepare to get Sonic Rainboomed! 20% Cooler Rainbow Ownage!” Rainbow exclaimed as she tossed her sunglasses into the air and they landed on her nose perfectly while zooming into the air. POW! BAM! WHACK!

Then, the daredevil Pegasus dove down, hooves flying like mad and Loki didn’t move, but took on the attack. “Oh yeah, I rock!” Rainbow cheered.

BAM! Suddenly, a spell was shot and hit Rainbow. “AHHHHHHHHHH!” Rainbow screamed, falling to the ground while her sunglasses were knocked off and Twilight levitated them into her saddlebag. “RAINBOW!” The other members of the Main Six cried out as they saw that their friend got hurt.

“Impressive aerial movement…but as you can see, that was not lethal.” Loki muttered.

“I got him! Locking on target! Party Explosion!” Pinkie shouted, aiming her party cannon at Loki. “FIRE!”

POW! Then, it fired a strong blast of explosive confetti that was five times larger than three stallions standing on top of each other. But then, Loki did a weird stance, allowed the attack to go straight to his front hooves and get rolled up in a round shape like an explosive ball of energy.

“My, such an explosive force…I believe I shall return it.” Loki said with a smirk on his face. “Hadoken!”

He held out his front hooves and blasted the explosive confetti towards it’s owner…the pink Earth Pony. “Eek!” Pinkie yelped in shock, this was one surprise she didn’t like.

“Femme Fatal!” Rarity yelled as she stepped in front of Pinkie with gems and precious metals she levitated out of the ground surrounded her into a giant gem/precious metal structure and had the attack impact it. “Now, fire back!” Soon, on Rarity’s command, from inside, the magical attack was being blocked inside before starting to appear in the center and was about to be unleashed right back at Loki.

“Ah, fighting with gems and valuable metals to block attacks and fires back strong spells, fascinating…but I know a way around it.” Loki smiled evilly in recognizing this fighting skill.

Suddenly, Loki’s horn glowed and created some dark green mist around the two ponies and just as Rarity’s attack of firing back was fired from her gems and precious metals…BOOM!

From an unforeseen matter, the mist was explosive and even if Rarity would have fired back the first attack, the second surprise that came to them was not something that either could handle. “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Rarity and Pinkie screamed, getting blasted over where Rainbow was lying.

“Ok, varmint! I’ll lasso ya up! Apple Buckin’ Bronco!” Applejack shouted as she whipped out her diamond covered steel rope lasso in the air before throwing it. WHIP! Then, from a surprise twist, she lassoed up Loki in the ropes that wouldn’t break easily.

“Ha! Gotcha! And just for the record, this rope is doubled against your strength thanks to the diamond covered steel underneath this plain old rope!” The Earth Pony declared. “Oh, how wrong you are…” Loki smirked, levitating the ropes around him off with his smile never leaving.

“What the hay?” Applejack asked in surprise until she was face to face with the evil Alicorn.

But what happened next was that Loki ran around the pony and not only did he tie up Applejack in her own weapon, but got himself free. “One tied up pony coming up!” Loki exclaimed with a sly smile while he held the lasso in his mouth.

Applejack sweatdroped in knowing that this won’t be fun. WHIP! Then, with a mighty pull of the lasso’s end, he had thrown her into the air…and spinning. “GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” Applejack screamed as she was unraveling at a fast rate until she landed next to the other defeated members of the Main Six, her eyes derping out.

“Anypony else?” Loki asked slyly, noticing that there were only two ponies left; Fluttershy and Twilight. “Fluttershy, you have to use The Stare on him while I’ll try to hit him with a strong spell.” Twilight commanded to her friend.

“Got it!” Fluttershy nodded as she saluted Twilight and flew up into the air while widening her eyes and doing her signature move. “Shy Stare Down!”

“Ugh…” Loki groaned, suddenly frozen by The Stare move; which was probably the first time the villain had been hit with such an attack. “Now then! Try this move! Twilight Star Shower!” Twilight announced as her horn glowed and made aqua colored spheres appear in the sky.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The spheres were firing off like fireworks and impacting across the field where Loki was standing. The attack of raining stars seemed almost endless until there were no more magic spheres over the unicorn’s head, meaning that the spell had stopped.

“What was that spell, Twilight?” Fluttershy asked, landing beside Twilight. “That move allowed me to create my own magical stars from the sky to fall and impact a number of enemies or focus on one alone.” Twilight explained as she caught her breath.

“Oh my, it really fits your name so well.” Fluttershy smiled. “Right, I know.” Twilight nodded with a smile. “It’s my strongest new spell and the best.”

“Do you not know by now that strongest best is not enough?” An eerie voice spoke that was coming from a cloud of smoke where Twilight’s attack hit.

“GAH!” Twilight and Fluttershy yelped in hearing that voice, Loki wasn’t defeated yet, even after that planning that kept him at bay. BAM! Then, from the smoke cloud, came Loki’s horn as it fired a spell at the two ponies.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” They screamed, getting blasted to where the other defeated members of the Main Six. “I must admit, that new spell is petty. And tiny.” Loki commented as he walked out of the smoke cloud and his armor vanished once again. “But unless you have killer in your eyes, then it shall never be enough to beat your enemies.”

Soon, the rest of the army gathered around the Main Six who were weakened and lying on the ground, but things got worse when Trixie levitated the Elements off of them while making her signature smug look.

“You won’t be holding onto these anymore now, will you?” She smirked. What happened next caught the villains by surprise: Twilight stood back up with her friends while saying weakly, “No…we…can’t…lose!”

“What is this? You wish to fight?” Loki asked in surprise. Rarity scoffed furiously, “You scoundrel played unfairly! We were just recovering from the battle against your brutes AND what you did to the Elements!”

“Hmm…that is true.” Loki muttered with an evil smile. “Alright then. My army! Step aside again and do not interfere!” The army who stared in confusion at their leader obeyed; Loki’s horn glowed again and the Main Six found their injuries healing. Twilight asked with a surprised expression, “Why?”

“I prefer to fight enemies when they are at their strongest.”

“Well, you’ve made a big mistake, buddy! Now we’re gonna beat you this time!” Rainbow snapped in determination to Loki. Loki chuckled evilly, “Very well. I shall humor you again.”

“Ok, time for a change of music!” Pinkie announced happily. Soon, the music changed to ‘Immortals Battle’ from 300. “Where does that music come from anyways?” Rarity asked with a confused expression.

“Does it matter? To me, it does not!” Loki taunted with a mad smirk on his face. He growled as the Main Six looked on with determined expressions and his armor reappeared again.

“Now which one of you mares would like to fight me first?” Loki taunted the Main Six sinisterly. “Allow me, girls! This god ain’t so tough! Let’s see how he does against a Sonic Rainboom!” Rainbow exclaimed.

She then flew down, going at a very fast speed and preparing to use her Sonic Rainboom to buck Loki in the gut. The Pegasus then flew at her opponent, ready to use her biggest move ever. But Loki simply levitated her tail to stop her, much to her shock. Rainbow gasped, “No way! How can an alicorn stop me like that?”

“Like I said before, Rainbow Dash, looks are deceiving.” Then, he bucked her in the stomach, sending her flying into a wall where chains appeared and attached her to the wall. Rainbow struggled to get free, but was electrocuted as she screamed.

“Now which one of you mares wants to suffer next?” Loki taunted evilly. Fluttershy growled, getting angry.

She snapped, “HOW DARE YOU?! Listen here, Mr. God of Lies and Mischief, just because you’re evil, you’re Thor’s adoptive brother, and you’ve got an ‘all powerful’ army doesn’t mean you can do that to us! Let Rainbow go and give up or I’ll make you sorry!” The other ponies smiled, remembering what happened earlier when Fluttershy used the Stare on Loki.

But then, something unexpected happened: Loki, not dazed by the attack, stared blankly at her and levitated the mare.

“My apologizes, that may have worked before, but I am no longer afraid of you!” Loki taunted Fluttershy as he fired a spell which sent the poor mare flying into the same wall and chained next to Rainbow. “Fluttershy!” Twilight cried before she turned to Loki and gritted her teeth at him.

“Dang nab it! I’ve had it up to here with ya!” Applejack snapped, rushing behind Loki with her lasso out. The Earth Pony prepared to lasso the god from behind. If she could take down Flim and Flam’s tank, then Loki wouldn’t be such a major problem. But without turning around, Loki grabbed the lasso with his mouth then fired a spell at her. Applejack screamed in pain.

“My apologizes, but this roundup is your last.” Loki remarked as he bucked Applejack in the stomach. Applejack groaned as the villain sent her flying into the same wall where she was chained next to Fluttershy. “Three down, who is next?” Loki taunted sinisterly.

“Okey-Dokey-Lokey, let’s go, ya meanie!” Pinkie snapped, bouncing around the villain in a circle and throwing punches and bucks. “I can do this all day if I wanna! Nopony is more random than me!”

Loki suddenly levitated Pinkie’s hoof and flipped her over on her back. While the pink pony stared in shock, the evil Alicorn bucked her right into the wall where she was chained next to Applejack. “Somepony should have chained you up a long time ago, Pinkamena Diane Pie!” Loki taunted Pinkie sinisterly.

“Why, you awful villain! Now it’s my turn!” Rarity exclaimed, preparing to fight Loki next. The unicorn charged forward, ready to attack. Just then, she punched him, only to have her hoof go through him which caused some confusion for her.

Suddenly, Rarity heard somepony’s throat clear, turning to see…Loki standing by the wall where the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone were chained.

“Are you ever not going to fall for that?” He asked. “But how did you get from here to there, did you—“ Rarity commented in confusion until Loki reappeared in front of her. Then, he bucked her in the gut and sent her into the same wall where she was chained next to Pinkie.

“Oh my, tricking a pony with a clone of yourself.” Discord remarked as he ate some popcorn. “How despicable…I LOVE IT! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“YOU SICK MONSTER!” Twilight snarled, charging towards Loki. Loki teleported out of the way, making Twilight miss him. The villain reappeared and said, “Now, it is time for the big finale, Twilight Sparkle. I must say, I am a bit disappointed. I thought your friends would give me a better show than this.”

“You and your evil army will be stopped, I swear it!” Twilight yelled angrily.

“Oooooh, somepony’s angry.” Trixie snickered in amusement. “Forget it! Even if you kill me, I won’t let you harm my friends or Thor!” Twilight snapped with a determined expression.

“And now, because you are attempting to defend my brother and your friends, I must hurt you emotionally and physically!” Loki remarked angrily as he lowered his horn.

Twilight dodged the blasts from Loki’s horn, knowing that she’s the only pony to deal with Loki now. The villain then swung his hooves at her, the lavender unicorn not even bothering to fight back.

“Getting frightened, Twilight Sparkle? I never thought you would be a coward for a moment.” Loki taunted Twilight, glancing at her horn which was glowing a bit. “Loki, you fool! The shela’s gonna use her powerful spells on you!” General Shield Strike yelled as he remembered the attack from earlier. “Stop her!”

“No, I want to see how this goes before I finish the job. And never call me a fool if you value your life!”

Twilight had to teleport around when the villain continued firing spells at her, then Loki yelped as his opponent bucked him a few times.

“Ok, almost there and…NOW!” Twilight muttered with a smirk, charging towards Loki. “Take this, Loki!”

Twilight fired a spell at him, but Loki just stood there, not bothering to try and fight back. The unicorn realized it was too late when the villain levitated it. This wasn’t good…Loki then blasted it back at Twilight who dodged it. Twilight is left in shock which left Loki to jump in. He then proceeded to slash his hooves at her which she dodged multiple times quickly.

The ponies all over Equestria watched in horror as the villain attempted to beat Twilight who kept on dodging as if he didn’t care if anypony outside of the ruins in the Everfree Forest was watching him do so.

The Mane Six (minus Twilight) and The Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Spike Clone looked scared while chained to the wall. Then, ‘Captured and Tortured’ from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 began playing in the background as Loki bucked Twilight while ranting, “You have no chance! You and your friends never did, Twilight Sparkle! You failed everypony and your kingdom belongs to me!”

“Why?! Why are you doing this?!” Twilight demanded angrily with tears coming out of her eyes, but her expression didn’t change.

“Because ponies ruined me! You have no idea how much I’ve suffered without knowing my true parentage!” Loki snarled. “But you know something? I pity you. I pity you because of the fact everypony blamed you for what happened that night I killed that filly!” Twilight looked shocked, memories were flooding back to her head. That Alicorn…the one who murdered her foalhood friend…was the monster lying to her right now!

She does remember, of course. Loki took no notice of this and continued, gesturing to the other members of the Main Six who were gagged by Discord.

“All of your friends, your assistant, and your brother, they see you for what you are: a failure of a friend and a sister!” Loki ranted. “Shut up.” Twilight grumbled quietly. “Even Princess Celestia has doubts about her ‘faithful student’!” Loki added with an angered expression.

“Shut up.” Twilight repeated a bit louder. “And even Thor! Oh, the hatred and anger he had towards you! How does it feel? That you are twice a failure as a friend?!” Loki shouted with a mad cackle.

“SHUT UP! You have no right to rant like a crazy pony!”

Loki proceeded to buck Twilight in the gut which sent her flying into the wall where she was chained next to Rarity. “Do you feel that, Twilight Sparkle? That is the feeling of defeat. You have failed your mission. What a waste, how sad.” Loki chuckled insanely while his armor vanished again. Twilight groaned, the poor mare barely having enough strength to break free.

“Take them to the prison!” Loki commanded one of the soldiers who saluted him. “Why don’t you just…kill us?” Twilight asked in pain.

“When Equestria is in ashes…you will have my permission to die.”

The soldiers nodded and dragged the wall where Twilight and her friends were chained to the prison. “What gives here?!” Gilda scowled. “You said you were gonna kill them!”

“Right, at least get rid of them before they become a major threat.” Discord remarked to Loki in concern. “Now, go to your quarters and I will summon you when I feel like it!” Loki commanded. The villains nodded as they dashed off.

At this time, the scene showed us somewhere that was hidden on the outskirts of Ponyville which was a secret camp specially coated in camouflage magic to blend in with it’s surroundings. After the soldiers were released from their prison, Celestia and Luna’s guards had brought everypony to this secret hideaway. Some of the background ponies were busy trying to run the camp’s café area to provide food as both cooks and servers.

“We need more by Table 1!” Rainbowshine called out to her friends while busy around tables 1 and 2. “Wait! Then who’s helping out with Table 4 and 5?” Twinkle asked with a confused expression.

“I am and they’re not the only ones I’m handling!” Cherry Berry answered, balancing plates on her head and back. “Easy now, let’s not try to shove everypony around!” Sparkler warned.

“I know, but we need to help out as much as we can!” Rainbowshine reassured her friend. In another spot, the Cakes were busy trying to get plenty of their sweets served out. Mr. Cake was working around the orders and bringing bags of any treats that they got and Mrs. Cake was helping in preparing any of the meals to be presentable. Unlike their usual business hours, they were having a lot of hungry costumers and were taking their display works as soon as the meals were made. Even making a few works, cutting them up to serve was all the Cakes could do to keep many of the ponies occupied.

“Ok, here’s Order 27, then Order 28, here’s Order 74…um…what’s Order 52?” Mr. Cake asked while passing out a few bagged treats to the customers. “Honey, settle down! You’re overworking yourself.” Mrs. Cake reassured as she was busy making another batch of cakes, pies, cupcakes, cookies etc.

“I can’t help it, dear! We have so many customers today!” Mr. Cake exclaimed, looking back at his wife while going through more orders. “Here’s Order 66 and 69 to go!”

“WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Two baby ponies were heard crying. Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake were crying because they wanted attention from their parents while sitting on a table.

“Oh no, the twins! Order 33, catch!” Mr. Cake yelped as he tossed the bag towards the customer who caught it. “It’s ok, we’ll—“ Mrs. Cake reassured, going up to her crying foals.

“Excuse me! WHOA!” Derpy’s voice was heard out of nowhere while she crashed into the table. CRASH! She was upside down and her eyes were derping out, even if they were already cross eyed. “Hehehehehehehe!” The twins giggled as they either flew or levitated themselves down to find Derpy’s accident funny.

“Oh, Derpy! Are you alright?” Mrs. Cake asked in shock. “Of course, why wouldn’t I be? I heard crying and came to help!” Derpy exclaimed happily.

“Yes, those were the twins. Order 22, here!” Mr. Cake nodded, giving another bag to a customer. “We appreciate the concerns, but I think everything’s taken care of now.” Mrs. Cake smiled.

“Teeheeheeheeheehee!” Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake giggled as they were being held by their parents. “You made them laugh, that’s all we needed.” Mrs. Cake grinned.

“Awww, it was nothing, really!” Derpy blushed. “Well, that helps a little, but we’re still packing with orders.” Mr. Cake stated.

“Maybe I can help!” A voice called out. “Maybe some of my donuts will keep all these customers calm!” They turned to see a donut cart being pulled in which many customers took from. The one came to offer to help was Joe.

“Hi, Joe! You’re here too?!” Derpy greeted, waving to Joe. “Of course! I thought I would lend a hoof to the Cakes here! After all, that MMMM that you made that Pinkie Pie worked so hard for was something as delicious as that. And Twilight’s friends are also friends of my own!” Joe nodded.

“Oh thank goodness! You’re a life saver, Mr. Joe!” Mr. Cake sighed in relief. “Please, just call me Joe.” The donut sales pony smiled. “Have some donuts!”

“Oh, you’re too kind, both in spirit and baking goods.” Mrs. Cake nodded as she and her husband ate some of his donuts. “Hehehehehehehe!” Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake giggled, having the donuts Joe gave them.

At this moment, other ponies were helping a few wounded guards that returned from trying to distract the soldiers from the civilians. Many were taken to medical tents set up by anypony who was a doctor or nurse. Nurse Redheart, Nurse Coldheart, Nurse Sweetheart, Nurse Tenderheart, and even Nurse Rhyme the filly were there, along with Dr. Stable who were all busy tending injuries at the busiest hours of the day. Cheerilee was having any foals in her class help by making get well cards to brighten their spirits which helped. Snips and Snails’s work was sort of…goofy looking, but it’s the thought that counted. Filthy Rich was getting his employees to help build or do whatever deeds given to them. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were feeling nervous about all of this, mostly because they didn’t want to say anything about the forest fire.

“Welcome, relax yourselves!” Lotus greeted a group of ponies that were in need for spa treatment. “Relax your aches and pains!” Aloe smiled as she gestured to some nice spa baths nearby.

“We’re helping to make things better for you and everypony!” The Spa Twins declared.

Lotus and Aloe called on their staff: Roxie, Quake, and Vera to help whatever was needed. Why, even on different jobs, the flower ponies: Daisy, Lilly, and Rose were at hard work, trying to give out so many flowers to make the atmosphere more perky.

“Come now, girls! We gotta try to help Shining Armor and everypony here!” Princess Cadance commanded to all the mares helping out in the area.

“Right!” Some willing mares responded in hearing Cadance’s request. In another part of the camp, it was mostly guarded by Celestia and Luna’s guards.

In the center of the tent was some sort of meeting going on and there was somepony running the show and operation at the camp. The scene then showed Shining Armor looking over a battle map with figures of Royal Guards and soldiers as some type of battle strategy. There with him were Zecora and the Mayor.

“How in Tartarus are we gonna do this, captain?” The Mayor asked nervously. “I’m trying as best as I can to plan this attack.” Shining Armor sighed.

“The game is set, the match has started, now you must solve the question…what move to make?” Zecora spoke up in rhyme. “I know, but it’s really hard.” Shining Armor groaned. “Loki has unleashed his army, my sister, her friends, and the missing young ones are not back yet, I got a bad feeling of what happened to my sister. I feel that everything’s falling apart!”

“There, there, Captain, I’m sure everything’s going to be fine. Loki didn’t kill Twilight or her friends, so there’s still hope for them.” The Mayor reassured him.

“Seeing the outcome it could be possible…that Twilight and her friends are being held prisoners of war. The Elements were the prime targets and Loki used them to form this task. The enemy is likely to toy with them; Loki won’t finish them off…not until he has settled other matters.” Zecora explained to Shining Armor. “Oh man, I wish Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were here…” Shining Armor grumbled.

“Don’t freak out over this, captain. You’re doing so much in protecting everypony that’s here. It’s what the Princesses would want you to do.” The Mayor sighed. “I know, I wish I could do more.” Shining Armor said as he facehoofed himself. “Captain Shining!” A voice that belonged to none other than Private Katoptris called out. “Somepony that Princess Celestia had sent has returned!”

“Really?!” Shining Armor asked happily. “Eeyup!” Big Macintosh nodded, walking into the tent.

“Finally, some good news! Bring them in!” Shining Armor commanded. Private Katoptris and Big Macintosh stepped out of the way to allow one being to come into the tent. And when everypony saw who it was, they smiled in relief and joy that it was none other than…Spike.

“Spike, am I glad that you’ve returned!” Shining Armor exclaimed as he gave his sister’s assistant a noogie playfully. “It’s good to see you to, Shining Armor.” Spike said with a little smile while Shining Armor let him go.

“Wait! Where’s Thor?” Shining Armor asked in shock. “Um…you see…” Spike began. “Ugh, I better start from the beginning, it went like this…” So, after he took a deep breath, he told the story from their arrive to the border of Ponyheim, to meeting Odin and Frigga, up to the point when Thor made up the decision of not staying home, but returning to Ponyville.

Flashback:

After the news of Thor saying that he was returning to Ponyville, Spike was happy that he was going to make up for the mistakes he made. “Let us return to your home, Spike!” Thor called out as he held down his wing for Spike to climb onto his back.

“Wait, my son! Will you hear me out on one request?” Odin asked, holding out his left hoof in stopping Spike and Thor from leaving. “I wish to have you stay here for some training.”

“WHAT?! You’re saying that you want your son to stay here?” Spike demanded with a puzzled expression.

“True, but while Thor speaks in his heart to return, is he truly ready for what may come on his return?” Frigga asked wisely. “Mother, Father, I do not understand what you are talking about. I am a god and I had plenty of training growing up.” Thor protested.

“Even kings and gods need training to become stronger for an important battle coming up.” Odin advised. “Oh, now I understand!” Thor gasped in realizing what his father meant.

“That is needed for any wise king when they prepare for war.” Odin nodded. “I thought you said that a wise king never seeks out war, but he should always be ready for it.” Thor responded with a puzzled expression.

“Your father does mean that. Training is just a way for a wise king to prepare for war.” Frigga explained her son kindly.

“But how long will this training take?” Thor asked. “Knowing that Loki has always been one with mischief and a master of magic, I have always known he has a great knowledge of strategy as much as battle like I have.”

“Fear not, I shall train you more powerful abilities.” Odin interrupted. “But I cannot just stand here and waste time here while everypony’s waiting for me, I must—“ Thor began, but was cut off by Spike.

“Thor, do what your father says.” Spike commanded.

“What?” Thor asked in confusion. “Thor, you’ve got great powers being a god and all, but if you don’t use them, how else are you gonna stop Loki?” Spike began. “If Odin says that he can train you to more powerful spells and whatnot, then you’ll help us out, it doesn’t matter if sooner or later as long as you got plenty of wisdom to use your powers wisely.”

“You believe…that it would be better for me to help by staying here to get stronger?” Thor asked nervously. “I know it’s a tough choice to make, but you gotta remember this…have Courage.” Spike said with a smile. “Do you Pinkie Promise that you’ll return to Ponyville?”

“I Pinkie Promise that when I am ready, I shall return to your home to help my friends out!” Thor declared with a determined expression. “Please train him well, Odin.” Spike told the white Alicorn.

“You have nothing to fear; I know of the stakes and shall help him learn new abilities as quickly as I can be.” Odin reassured the baby dragon. Soon, they were going their separate ways from there. Spike was going to return to Equestria’s borders again and back home to Ponyville.

As for Thor, he was being led by Odin and Frigga, knowing that with their aid, he’ll be trained to learn new abilities. This was tough for everypony, but in the end, it had to be something for a greater good for all residents of Equestria and Ponyheim.

End of Flashback

“And that’s what happened! I saw what was happening in Equestria and I knew the situation was as worse as I imagined.” Spike finished with a sigh.

“Believe me, it’s really bad.” Shining Armor sighed with a saddened expression. “Loki somehow unleashed some prisoners on the moon with the Elements of Harmony. Zecora was saying that they were corrupted or something. “

“The Elements only work with the wielders they choose, but a stronger will can tame them and work even against Twilight and her friends themselves.” Zecora stated. “Then, Twilight and her friends are in major trouble.” Spike gasped in hearing that his friends could be in trouble.

“It was worse before we went into hiding, Loki was trying to beat Twilight hard and ranting that she was a failure.” Shining Armor explained to Spike.

“That monster, using dirty tricks and lying to my friends…”

“Not only them, they kidnapped the Cutie Mark Crusaders to lure them to the ruins.” The Mayor added. “WHAT?! They kidnapped the fillies?” Spike gasped in disbelief.

“Eeyup, it’s true.” Big Macintosh nodded in agreement as he walked next to Spike in sorrow. “Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and…we think you too after that fire situation we were havin’”

“What? Are you pulling my leg? I’m standing right here!” Spike lied. “Eenope! Many witnesses said that ya were taken as well.” Big Macintosh stated, shaking his head.

“Unless the key ingredient is a spell to duplicate one’s self by cloning another.” Zecora mused.

“Then…it was a clone of Spike that they captured!” The Mayor exclaimed in shock and surprise. “Interesting, that was exactly like I did, except when I used mine as a stand in, but…” Private Katoptris began, but was cut off by Shining Armor.

“Ugh, Twilight’s gonna be in a lot of trouble for cloning her assistant.” Shining Armor groaned. “Listen, we’re getting off track here. How do we rescue them? And have you heard from the princesses at all yet?” Spike asked with a worried expression.

“We’re not sure on either account.” Shining Armor answered. “All we can do his plan on how to stop Loki and save the others someway.”

“Then, you better fit me in the plan!” Spike exclaimed with a determined expression. “Eeyup; my family’s in trouble and I ain’t gonna stand around for it!” Big Macintosh nodded.

“Ok, if you both want to help that much, here’s a good plan that we can use to stop Loki! He thinks we’re beaten because he has his army and the Elements, but that’s where our defeat can turn into victory.” Shining Armor explained before he noticed the gathering civilians outside of the tent. “And I think I’ve just found our troops for the rescue mission. We’ll call our group ‘The Resistance’!”