With General Kuwaga resurrected, Emperor Grogar returned to his throne room and began to think of another ally of evil to be brought back from the dead. He already had King Sombra, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow and Queen Chrysalis on his team and there was always room for one more.

"Thank you for helping me bring Kuwaga back to life," said Chrysalis as Grogar looked down at his map of Equestria. "If there is anything I can do to repay you…"

"That won't be necessary, Chrysalis," Grogar interrupted, trying to concentrate on his map. "I have another ally I wish to bring back to life and join our ranks."

"Who?"

"A recent entry to the underworld, the Storm King. A creature that is much like myself, but not quite grounded. Do you know him, Chrysalis?"

"Um, not that I am aware of, no. Why do you seek him?"

"Because he wants Equestria to bathe in his glory and way of life and will stop at nothing to do so. How would feel about working alongside him?"

Chrysalis said nothing, but not because of being defiant, but more of not knowing who the Storm King is.

"Hmm, perhaps maybe you can see for yourself," he remarked, stamping his left foot down. "Lord Tirek! Cozy Glow! Come into court!"

Opening the doors to the throne room, Lord Tirek and his apprentice, Cozy Glow, were escorted into the throne room. Tirek snarled upon seeing Chrysalis, remembering how she tried to kill him for taking all of the magic in Equestria for himself.

"What's she doing here?" muttered Tirek, pointing at Chrysalis.

"There will be no defiance right now, Lord Tirek!" barked Grogar. "I have an important task for you all. I need you to journey to the spot where the Storm King's remains were disposed of after his death."

Grogar looked to his map and pointed to the spot in question on Mount Aris.

"Do you see this cliff?" he asked.

"I do see it, but is that really where he was buried?" wondered Cozy Glow.

"It is, young filly and I need you to retrieve his shattered body for me."

"Why us?" wondered Lord Tirek, who was still bitter about being with Chrysalis. "I'll have you know that…"

"Silence, Centaur!" barked Grogar in a loud voice, immediately silencing him. "Think of this as a time for you all to get to know each other a little bit better. Besides, if anypony or anycreature attacks you all, you know what to do to defend yourselves, right?"

Reluctant, Tirek agreed to working alongside Chrysalis and with Grogar watching, he sent the three villains on their way. Still, he had reasons to not be totally convinced.

"You might be a loose cannon, Tirek," Grogar thought to himself while looking down at the bell around his neck. "But, I have ways of making you all obey me and do my bidding as I ask you to do!"

…

Leaving the safety of Tambeleon behind, Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow made their way towards Mount Aris, although they didn't know how to get there.

"It would have been nice of Grogar to at least give us a map," remarked Cozy Glow. "I mean, do either of you know how to get to this Mount Aris?"

But, Chrysalis and Tirek weren't speaking to each other.

"Come on, guys. You're villains and conquerors, you can do better than this."

"My protégé, let me teach you something right here and right now," Tirek remarked bitterly looking over at Chrysalis. "Never work with the creatures who once tried to have you killed in your cell."

"That's because you were only trying to steal my source of feeding," Chrysalis snapped back. "We need love to survive!"

"And I need magic to sustain me," Tirek snapped back.

"ENOUGH!" screamed Cozy Glow, getting the two villains to stop fighting. "Look, we have a job to do for Emperor Grogar and we are going to do it without any fighting. My desire to be Empress of Friendship isn't going to be coming by itself you know."

With their youngest comrade straightening them out, Tirek and Chrysalis reluctantly agreed to help each other out.

…

From his viewing globe, Grogar watched them find their way to Mount Aris.

"Grogar," said a deep voice as King Sombra made his way into the throne room. "What's going on here? I was overseeing training of my troops when I heard Tirek and Chrysalis fighting."

"Sorry to have yourself interrupted, Sombra," replied Grogar. "It's just that I'm trying to get Tirek and Chrysalis to work together if we are to obtain our goals."

"Why?"

"Something about Chrysalis trying to kill Tirek in his cell or something like that," muttered Grogar. "But, don't let that get in the way of your own tasks, my friend. You have to focus on them and leave Tirek and Chrysalis to be sorting out their own quarrels. In fact, how has your forces been preparing themselves?"

"They are taking it one step at a time," replied Sombra, motioning for Grogar to come to the window where donkey soldiers wearing masks in Sombra's likeliness were practicing to kill by slitting the throats of other donkey soldiers who let out loud screams as their throats were cut. "I will say that hearing those screams brings a smile to my face."

"Me too, Sombra," chuckled Grogar. "We both have those things in common, don't we?"

"We are close friends for a reason," remarked Sombra as the two evil leaders chuckled to themselves.

…

Meanwhile, Tempest Shadow and Razzle Fizzle were continuing their visit at Razzle Fizzle's house. Razzle was still trying to come to terms with why her sister would accept Twilight's Royal Guard Captain position so easily.

"Fizzlepop, I…I still don't understand why you would accept a position so quickly," Razzle remarked. "I mean…are you sure that's what you want?"

"If we are to win this growing war that is coming against us, I have to take it," Tempest replied. "Dr. Strange told me that we can only win if this comes to pass."

"I don't know who this Dr. Strange is, but I just getting this feeling like…"

Tempest noticed her sister's constant stammering and realized just exactly what was going through her mind.

"Razzle, I want you to listen to me," Tempest said firmly, clutching her sister's front hooves. "If anything were to happen to me in this impending war, I want you to know that I love you more than anything in all of Equestria."

Razzle felt slightly better by this, but she was still unconvinced. Just then, the portal opened and out stepped Dr. Strange with the scroll Celestia had written to her in his hand.

"Dr. Strange," remarked Tempest. "What are you doing here? What's in your hand?"

"It's from the Princesses," he answered, handing it over to Tempest. "Your needed in Canterlot at once."

Taking the scroll, Tempest read what was on it and almost immediately, she felt her heart sink.

"Fizzlepop, what's wrong?" Razzle asked worriedly, only for Tempest to turn back around with a concerned look on her face.

"Razzle, I have to go to Canterlot. I love you."

Hastily hugging her sister, Tempest followed Dr. Strange into the portal and soon found herself back in the throne room.

"Princesses, is it true?" Tempest cried. "Are they really bringing him…?"

But Celestia silenced Tempest from saying another word and nodded her head in reply.

"Yes," she said. "Grogar has ordered that the Storm King's remains be recovered. You must go and stop them."

"I'll go as well," added Dr. Strange, much to the confusion of the royal sisters.

"Who are you?" asked Luna.

"I am Dr. Stephen Strange, master of the mystical arts," he answered, pulling Tempest into the portal. "But, we'll do introductions later. Right now, we have to stop this plot."

Without saying another word, both Tempest and Dr. Strange were gone leaving the sisters even more dumbfounded by what was about to transpire…