In a void floated Stone who looked around in concern, "Where am I? Hello? Anybody here?"

"Stone!" came a voice.

Stone gasped, recognizing that voice, "Father?"

Appearing before him was his father Silver Streak who was reincarnated by Grogar in their last fight, "Stone."

"Dad, is that really you?"

"Yes, Stone. It's me."

"Dad, what Grogar did to you. To all of us. I will never forgive him!" Stone growled.

"I know. But as long as he has control over my body as a reincarnated corpse then there's nothing I can do to stop him. But you and your friends can."

"Us? Dad, you're one of the best swords ponies to have existed in history!" Stone reminded him, "And you saw how we did against you in our last fight. Hell you left Spike with a permanent scar. How can anyone let alone I hope to defeat you?"

"The key is Tempest, Stone." Silver answered.

"But my Tempest is nothing compared to your power of using it."

"You must be strong and fight harder than ever. If not, then Grogar and Tirek will destroy Equestria and your friends world as well." the scene started fading.

"Dad!"

"Stay strong, Stone!" the scene faded.

"Father!"

Suddenly Stone woke up in bed in his true Equestria form panting. He looked down at his sweaty palms and thought, 'What a dream. And it was so real.'

"Stone?" Stone looked to his side and saw Octavia next to him also in her real pony form. Like Stone she wasn't wearing anything to bed, "Is everything all right? You looked like you had a nightmare."

"Not a nightmare. More like a warning from my dad."

"What happened?" Octavia listened.

"He told me that me and my friends had to be stronger in order to defeat him, and my hope is the Tempest ability."

"I see."

"But I don't know if I can be strong enough to defeat my own father." Stone looked down in defeat, until he found his head pulled into the comforting embrace of Octavia's bosom.

"It'll be all right," Octavia told him soothingly, "Just remember you're not alone in this fight. Spike, Twilight, and the others have your backs. And know I am there for you as well." she stroked his hair.

"Mm," Stone sighed from the comforting feeling and thought, 'Spike is right. This does feel comforting.'

At the Drake mansion, Spike who was asleep in bed suddenly sneezed which woke him up, "Oh bogus," he rubbed his nose, "I hope I'm not catching something." he looked to his right as always seeing Twilight snuggling up to him, while on his left he had Fluttershy who was also snuggling up. He could only smile feeling the warmth of their bare bods against his. He yawned before drifting back off to sleep.

Meanwhile in Tirek's lair, the centaur was at meeting with Grogar over the events of his encounter with the elements of harmony.

"So you had them on the ropes and yet you let them get away." Tirek said in disappointment.

"It was that blasted Princess of the Sun's meddling!" Grogar growled, before calming down, "But no matter. Next time I will make sure Silver Streak finishes them off."

"I will hold you to that, Grogar." Tirek replied.

"Yes, sir." Grogar stood up and left the room.

The next morning at Spike's place, the group was enjoying breakfast, until entering the room was Stone, Octavia, and Vinyl.

"Hey, guys." Vinyl greeted.

"Morning." Pinkie grinned.

Spike looked over at Stone, and spoke, "Hey, Stone. You ok?"

"I'll be fine. How's your scar holding?"

"Not bad. Of course I could've had worse scars."

"No kidding." Rainbow agreed.

"Like Princess Celestia said, we was all lucky." Applejack said.

"Well, luck won't be able to save us next time we fight Grogar and Silver." Rarity noted.

"Yeah, but what can we do?" Spike asked.

"I'm glad you asked, Spike," Twilight spoke up, "After we recuperated after our last fight, Sunset Shimmer and I spent hours in the library studying up on any way to release Silver from Grogar's control."

"It took hours, but we may have come up with something that can help." Sunset put in.

"What?" Fluttershy wondered.

Twilight held up a parchment with a sealing symbol on it, "If we can stick this on Silver, then we can activate it and restore his free will." she explained.

"Problem. Silver's like the fastest pony there was. Though I hate to admit it, even with my speed I couldn't keep up with him." Rainbow noted.

"That's where I come in," Stone spoke up, "My dad is the master of the move Tempest. You've already seen what it does."

"Oh, yeah. He moved faster than lightning." Pinkie recalled.

"Yes. Fortunately that move is also part of my arsenal. I may be the only one of us fast enough to truly stick that to him. It could be a long shot. But only Tempest can match Tempest."

"Indeed so." came Discord's voice, as he appeared.

"Discord?" Spike asked.

"Stone is our best option in dealing with his father. The rest of you will have to handle Grogar." Discord explained.

"Easier said than done." Rarity replied.

"Yeah. Even him alone is challenging enough." Applejack added.

"Then perhaps you'd require additional support?" Vinyl offered.

"Vinyl?" the girls wondered.

"What're you getting at?" Spike raised a brow.

"I have something that could help in your fight. But I think a demonstration will better prove my point."

Spike turned to Twilight, "What do you say, Twi?"

Twilight pondered, before answering, "Everyone to the training hall."

So they went to the training hall, as Rainbow spoke to Vinyl, "So what do you have that can be useful to us."

"First off let me change into something more comfortable." Vinyl answered.

"Change?" Spike asked, as he was thinking she was going to start stripping down before them.

Sadly for him, Vinyl started glowing as she took on her unicorn form. But appearing on her body was a high-tech body suit with blue colored illuminated lines on it. When the light died down, Vinyl stood in her pony form wearing her new outfit.

"Whoa." Pinkie and Rainbow gasped.

"Vinyl, what is this?" Rarity asked, while inspecting her outfit.

"Something I've been putting together for months now."

"You developed this?" Applejack asked in disbelief.

"Music ain't my only field." Vinyl smirked.

"So what can this suit of yours do?" Sunset asked.

"Allow me to demonstrate." Vinyl smirked, as she stepped foot onto the training hall floor.

Appearing out of nowhere were training simulations of Changelings. Vinyl got into a stance, as the simulations flew at her. Vinyl started running around and dodging the simulations almost like she was sliding and dancing around, while making whooping and ranting sounds.

"Why's she making those noises?" Fluttershy wondered.

Octavia sighed, "That's just Vinyl being Vinyl."

"Did you know she had this?" Spike asked the cellist.

"No, but now I know what she'd spend hours working on in her room."

Vinyl dodged another simulation before speaking, "Time to take it to the offense." her horn started glowing and materializing above her head was a musical note. She aimed it at a Changeling and launched it like a boomerang that nailed the simulation causing it to vanish, as well as the energy musical note to explode.

She started jumping around and doing back flips while launching more energy musical notes at the simulated Changelings, "Come on! Come on! Come on!"

The group watched from the sides lines, as Pinkie spoke, "She's amazing."

"That is awesome." Rainbow added.

"She's surprisingly good." Twilight admitted.

"She's great." Spike salivated at Vinyl's body movement as she swung her waist around that launched laser shots from her belt, only to get his ear pulled by Twilight, "Ouch!"

"Down boy."

Stone spoke up, "She really may be of some help."

"End simulation." Twilight ordered, as the remaining holograms vanished, as Vinyl powered her suit down.

"What did ya think?" she asked.

"That was... Awesome!" Rainbow cheered, as the girls gathered around.

"You were so cool!" Lyra cheered.

"How'd you learn to move like that?" Bonbon asked.

"That isn't just part of the suit, is it?" Applejack asked.

"Not at all. The suit's just a weapon. All those fancy moves you saw. That was all me."

"Man, if only we had you around when fighting Nightmare, or Chrysalis, or even Sombra." Pinkie said.

"Well, after watching and hearing about your fights I got inspired to make this suit in case you needed back up."

"Well, it couldn't be for better timing." Discord replied.

"He's right. With you fighting along side us now, we stand a far better chance when Grogar and Silver resurface." Twilight admitted.

"Sweet!" Vinyl grinned.

Stone smirked, while thinking, 'Don't worry, father. We'll make sure your spirit is set free. I promise.'

At Tirek's lair, Grogar spoke up, "Tirek, I'm going out now to draw the elements of harmony out."

"See to it they do not escape again." Tirek warned him.

"As you wish." Grogar answered, as he left through a portal.

Grogar reappeared in a town in Equestria and smirked, "Time to raise some Tartarus." he formed a hand sign and rising up from the ground was the same coffin like before. The lid fell down and out stepped Silver Streak, "Morning, Silver. Care to cause some trouble?"

Silver frowned, "You disgust me."

"I love you too," Grogar joked followed by a laugh, "But seriously, go terrorize." Silver unable to resist an order drew his sword and started laying waste to the town.

At Spike's place, the group was trying to relax, until one of Discord's horns twitched, "Excuse me, I better take this," He took one of his horns off his head and used it like a phone, "Discord speaking. Celestia? I see. Ok, I'll let them know. Bye," he hung up, "Everyone, there's trouble."

"When is there ever not trouble?" Rainbow sighed.

"Grogar's been spotted by a town causing trouble." the chaos master explained.

"You can bet my father's there as well." Stone said.

"We better hurry. Coming, Vinyl?" Twilight asked.

"You know it."

Discord opened a portal for them to the location of the disturbance. Stone looked at Octavia, who ran to him and kissed him, "Stay safe out there." she told him.

"Always." he replied, before entering the portal with his comrades.

They reappeared outside the town in Equestria, and saw many ponies were already evacuating and heading for shelter.

"All right, everyone. Let's get ready." Twilight ordered, as the girls assumed their pony forms, and Spike and Stone assumed their own forms.

"Don't wanna take chances." Spike morphed into his armor mode.

"Come on!" Stone called, as they hurried.

Upon entering the town, they saw buildings demolished with fire coming out of them, the streets torn up, and debris all around.

"Oh, my stars." Rarity gasped.

Spike sniffed the air, "They're both here."

Vinyl looking through her sunglasses which also functioned as a scanner was picking up signatures on infrared, "I see them. There!" she motioned to behind a building.

"Come on out, Grogar! You coward!" Stone called.

Grogar walked out followed by Silver, "You want me, you got me." he playfully raised his arms.

"You'll be sorry for bringing this destruction to all the ponies of this town." Twilight warned him.

"What I'm sorry for is not eliminating you all from the start. But today that'll change." he motioned to Silver who stepped forward.

"Dad." Stone said, as he gazed into the eyes of his zombie father knowing they could help him.

"Attack!" Grogar ordered.

"Take them down!" Twilight ordered, as both sides were ready to fight.