With the casket of the Storm King in their custody, Cozy led Chrysalis and Tirek back to Tambeleon with the hopes of resurrecting him from the dead. Once they returned to Tambeleon, they brought the casket before Grogar, placing at his feet as well as the feet of King Sombra.

"Is this the casket?" he asked them.

"It is, my emperor," replied Cozy Glow, bowing to him. "We had some minor trouble, but we managed to recover the remains for you."

"Open the casket," ordered Grogar and doing as they were told, Chrysalis and Tirek opened the casket, revealing the broken pieces of the Storm King's body. "At least you two can work together on something even if means opening a casket."

Hearing this remark, Chrysalis and Tirek stepped back.

"What do you think, King Sombra?" Grogar asked, motioning for him to step forward. "This is your fellow king."

"Is he truly a king?" he asked.

"King by name, yes," remarked Grogar. "But, he isn't like yourself in any way, Sombra. He is a very different kind of king."

"I should advice you, Emperor," suggested Cozy Glow. "That in my studies, the Storm King is considered to being a loose cannon and you should…"

Not wanting a power hungry filly to tell him what to do, Grogar immediately silenced her with his hoog.

"I am very well aware of what I am doing, Cozy Glow. The Storm King will rise again but with one difference, he will serve me."

"Like the rest of us?" asked Chrysalis.

"Like the rest of you."

Activating his magic, Grogar pulled the Storm King's scattered and broken remains out of the casket and into the Black Cauldron.

"What is he doing?" whispered Cozy Glow to Tirek.

"He's using that cauldron to bring the Storm King back to life," replied Tirek. "Watch and learn, my protégé."

Once again chanting his incantation of resurrection, Grogar called on the Storm King to rise again. A few moments later, the pair of white claws emerged followed by the monkey head of the deranged satyr.

"I LIVE! I LIVVVVE!"

Grogar chuckled with amusement as the Storm King suddenly stopped cheering and looked around to see where he was.

"Uh, can anyone tell me what this place is? It certainly looks nothing like that pony castle and…"

"You are in Tambeleon, Storm King. I am Emperor Grogar, your new master."

"Uh, since when do you declare yourself to be my master? I play by my own rules."

Sensing that there was defiance within him, Grogar's smile faded and used his magic to pull the Storm King towards his face.

"You're defiance and arrogance will not be tolerated, Storm King," whispered Grogar. "Make this known that you serve me and me alone. Understand?"

"Yeah, fine, whatever. As long as I finish what I started, all right?"

"It's going to be a little different for you, Storm King," said King Sombra. "But, then again, it's different for the rest of us. We all have goals to obtain and if we are to obtain our goals, we must work together."

"Uh, thanks for the invite, but I work alone."

"There is no other option, satyr!" cried Grogar, stamping his left foot down hard. "You work with us or I send you back to the depths of hell! Is that clear?"

The sounds of Grogar's bellow sent the Storm King back slightly. A silent and nervous nod of his head confirmed to Grogar that he was willing to participate.

"But, a fair compromise is that you can have the option to gather your loyal troops to fight. If any are still alive that is."

"What do you mean?" asked the Storm King, walking towards Grogar. "What do you mean?"

"A majority of your followers were hunted down and murdered in response to your invasion of Canterlot," explained Grogar. "They were hunted and killed without mercy by these murderous ponies. Then again, you showed no mercy towards your victims, right? Even those who dedicated their lives to serving you."

Activating his viewing globe, Grogar showed the Storm King the moment when Celestia, Luna and Cadence discovered the mass graves of dead storm creatures in his kingdom. He then proceeded to show the Storm King visions of his followers treating the ponies of Canterlot so poorly whether it was having them in chains, cages or slavery.

"So, in a way, it's best described as an eye for an eye," continued Grogar. "They wanted your followers to suffer the way they made the ponies suffer. Do you show any shame for your actions?"

"No, I don't. I don't care what happens to innocent ponies or creatures. I take what I want and nothing more."

"But, you'll get to do what you want with one slight difference. You'll have to get what I want before I give you what you want. You seek alicorn magic to power your staff of sarconas, yes?"

"Um, yes, but it was destroyed, wasn't it? When Tempest decided to go ahead and fix everything I had broken?"

"True, yes. And then, you were taken to that so called festival of friendship and you were laughed at because you weren't scaring anypony anymore."

Another moment on the viewing globe revealed ponies pointing and laughing at the Storm King's broken corpse at the festival. Seeing this brought nothing but anger to the Storm King, who in his mind felt that revenge needed to be taken.

"I don't like being laughed at," he snarled.

"Then join my ranks, Storm King and make those who mocked you pay for their misdeeds," laughed Grogar, stroking the right side of Storm King's face like a cat.

"Oh, you bet I'll join your ranks, donkey dude."

"And one more thing," reminded Grogar crossly. "I am a goat! Not a donkey! However, I do have donkey soldiers that could be more than willing to serve you when all is said and done. True they may not be like your storm creatures, but with a little practice, they can serve you well."

Motioning the Storm King to a window, Grogar looked down and showed the Storm King the training his donkey soldiers were going through. This convinced the Storm King he was more than willing to join forces at all costs.

…

Back at S.M.I.L.E., Steve Rogers and his faction were summoned into Fury Swipes' office having been ordered to call off aiding Dr. Strange and Tempest Shadow in fighting Tirek and Chrysalis.

"Sir, I don't mean to be insubordinate," remarked Steve as he, Sam and Wanda stood in front of Fury's desk. "But are you certain that…"

"I am very much certain, Captain Rogers," interrupted Fury Swipes. "And that is why I sent Dr. Banner to help them. For you see, we have more important matters to discuss."

"What kind of matters?" asked Sam.

"The matters concerning the protection of our sovereign alicorn princesses," answered Fury Swipes. "Because if Emperor Grogar is going to get what he wants, then he will seek out their alicorn magic to power the chaos gauntlet."

"What's that got to do with Sam, Wanda and me?" wondered Steve.

Fury then reached into his desk and pulled out a paper with a list of names on it. On it were the names of the alicorn princesses followed by a list of names under each alicorn princess. They studied the list for a moment before turning their attention back to Fury.

"There is only group of heroes that can personally protect the princesses," explained Fury. "And that group…is the Avengers and when I say the Avengers, I say ALL of the Avengers. Your faction and Tony Stark's faction as well."

…