"What do you mean that you have orders to bring us before Emperor Grogar?" Cozy Glow asked, only to be silenced by Tirek.

"He must have gotten my signal," Tirek replied. "Take us to him."

Chuckling, the donkey led Tirek and Cozy Glow through the bushes and down into an underground passage. Of course, Cozy Glow complained to herself under her breath the entire way. Eventually, they came under the kingdom of Tambeleon and climbed inside, finding themselves on the streets of the bane and abandoned kingdom.

"Wh…where is everycreature?" asked Cozy Glow, her voice reduced to a whisper.

"There is no creature who is a citizen of our kingdom," answered the donkey. "But, our beloved emperor wishes to rectify that. Follow me."

Following the donkey, Tirek and Cozy were led into the castle and soon found themselves standing outside the doors of Grogar's throne room. Opening the doors, the centaur and his pony protégé stood face to face with the mad goat himself, an evil smile forming on his face with his pet grizzly bear, Scarface, lying down next to him.

"Sire, I bring you Lord Tirek and his protégé," the donkey announced as Grogar rose from his throne and walked down to meet them. "They have managed to escape from…"

"I'm well aware of what they have done," Grogar interrupted, silencing the donkey soldier. "Welcome to my kingdom of Tambeleon my loyal allies."

Just then, the sounds of metal hoofbeats were heard and at that very moment, King Sombra walked into the throne room much to Tirek's delight.

"King Sombra?" cried Tirek excitedly embracing his friend into an embrace. "It's good to see you, my friend."

"It's good to see you as well, Tirek," chuckled Sombra.

"Um, you two know each other?" wondered Cozy Glow. "What am I missing here?"

"We go way back, my protégé. Back to a time when he ruled the Crystal Empire."

"And you shall rule over the Crystal Empire once again," added Grogar, standing in between the two evil creatures. "Along with everything else you all desire if we are able to win our war against the kingdom of Equestria. However, if we are to obtain our goals, we still need to gain the assistance of one more ally."

Grogar then walked over to his map and looked down, thinking of what ally he wanted to recruit next.

"What are you referring to?" asked Tirek.

"The Queen of the Changelings," answered Grogar, much to Tirek's dismay. "From what I hear, she still has some forces that are loyal to her."

"But, wasn't she overthrown by Starlight Glimmer?" remarked Cozy Glow, bringing up a good point. "Allowing Thorax to assume command?"

"Overthrown yes, Cozy Glow," remarked Grogar. "But, she is still technically a queen because only she could surrender or keep the title. She is somewhere in Equestria and I want her brought to me."

Activating his horns, Grogar fired several blasts of magic at the map and acting like a radar, attempted to pinpoint Chrysalis' location. Finally, he managed to find a location on Mount Aris.

"Ah ha," he laughed. "Mount Aris, the home of the hippogriffs. A golden opportunity for my forces to see some actions. Proxima Midnight!"

The bellow of his voice brought the female member of the Black Order into the throne room.

"Yes, my emperor?" she asked, bowing to him. "What do you seek of me?"

"I want you to lead a group of donkey warriors to Mount Aris and find Queen Chrysalis. When you find her, bring her back to me, is that clear?"

"As you command, my emperor," she replied, bowing to Grogar once again before turning to leave. As she left, Tirek was quick to voice his displeasure.

"Why do you wish to invite her amongst our ranks?" he asked, indignantly much to Grogar's irritation. "She tried to kill me in my cell for trying to steal all the magic in Equestria."

"More that she was trying to teach you a lesson for stealing all the love in Equestria because that's what she prides herself on," suggested Cozy Glow, only for Tirek to raise an eyebrow at her. "What? I'm just telling you like it is."

Tirek said nothing and just let out a sharp growl.

"Yes, I can understand that your goal is to have all the magic in Equestria, Lord Tirek," remarked Grogar. "However, we each have respective goals and magic is something that all of us must share with one another."

"Not me, Emperor Grogar," remarked Cozy Glow. "All I want is to be the Empress of Friendship."

"And you will become an empress, my child," chuckled Grogar. "But, you must be patient. We can't just go after what we want without a decent plan of action."

"And how do we do that?"

"First we wait until Chrysalis is brought here and then, we can start making our plans."

All the villains looked at Grogar's map and could only wonder what was about to happen.

…

Meanwhile, Natasha, Lyra and Sweetie Drops arrived at the gates of Tartarus and came across the magically drained ponies being dragged away by their fellow guards.

"What the hell?" whispered Romanoff.

"Agent Sweetie Drops," cried a unicorn pony in a suit and tie as he walked over to them. "Thank Celestia you came."

"Warden Lock Up, we came as soon as we heard," Sweetie Drops replied. "What happened here?"

"Some of my guards were drained of their magic and Tirek as well as Cozy Glow escaped. That's what happened."

"How did this happen?" asked Lyra.

"I…I don't know how it happened, but all I know is that those two are running amok somewhere and I don't know what to do. Can you do something about it?"

"Well, we aren't going to do anything if we just stand here talking about it," remarked Natasha. "Do you have video or something of them escaping?"

Of course, being a pony, Warden Lock Up had no idea what Natasha was talking about.

"You mean any visual spells of them escaping," corrected Sweetie Drops. "Yes, I think that is what you have, isn't it, Lock Up?"

"I'll see what can be done," he said, trying to be polite. "Follow me."

So, they followed Lock Up to look into what could be done about finding Tirek and Cozy Glow.

…

Meanwhile, at that moment, Proxima Midnight led her group of donkey soldiers towards Mount Aris trying to find Queen Chrysalis.

"What could she possibly want here?" remarked one of the soldiers. "There is no love to feast on."

"If Emperor Grogar says that Chrysalis is here, then she is here. So, we must find her. I want this mountain covered from top to bottom, is that clear?"

Saluting her, the donkey soldiers split up and began to scour the area. Little did any of them know, however, that they were all being watched by a pair of human eyes, who had also learned of Chrysalis' location as well.