In the depths of the red fired kingdom known as Hell, a cloaked figure with his face shrouded by a black cloak sat on his throne as one of his red winged angels came forward with another cloaked figure right behind him.

"Your majesty," said the angel, bowing to him. "I have brought you a visitor from earth who is seeking generals for his own kingdom."

"Indeed?' chuckled the cloaked figure, his skeletal hands clutching a black goblet. "Step forward my visitor."

The four legged cloaked figure stepped forward and looked up at the figure on the throne. He then proceeded to remove his hood to reveal the face of a dark blue goat with horns that were backward.

"Who are you and what do you desire?"

"Lord Satan," replied the goat. "I am Emperor Grogar of the kingdom of Tambeleon. I have come for a proposal to make of you."

"A proposal, you say?" remarked Satan, rising to his feet and stepping down from his throne. "And what exactly do you propose, Emperor?"

"I seek three or four of your darkest souls to serve me as my generals for a conquest that I have been 1,000 years to accomplish."

"Indeed," muttered Satan, stroking his skeletal chin. "I actually have heard many things about you, Grogar. Your actions have always amused me greatly as have your conquests."

"So, you say, Lord Satan."

Motioning for him to follow, Satan led Grogar down to the depths of his red hot kingdom, past the imprisoned souls of those who were forced to spent their afterlives within cages of fire and brimstone.

"Not too long ago," said Satan. "I received four evil souls that formerly worked for the Mad Titan. They are hungry to escape and serve once more."

The two creatures of evil soon found themselves in front of a series of fire cages and inside were four creatures, three male and one female. Each one was unique in its on way.

"My prisoners," said Satan. "You are to be into the service of his lordship."

One of the tall figures glanced over at Grogar and gave him a look of annoyance.

"What service, Lord Satan?" the figure asked.

"His lordship, Emperor Grogar, Ebony Maw," answered Satan. "Of Tambeleon."

"What good is he?" asked the female who was dressed in black and had long black hair. "He looks nothing like Thanos."

This made Grogar frown slightly.

"As you know, Proxima Midnight. Thanos was far too powerful to be placed in Hell. However, I have heard many things about Emperor Grogar and he will look up to you, just as much as you will look up to him."

"We may have no other choice, Proxima," said another slendy male figure, whose figure was almost skeletal. "It's as his lordship said, Thanos is gone forever. We must serve him if we are to be given a second chance of living life."

Suddenly, another random voice rang out. Grogar and Satan turned towards a human figure in bluish robes with long black hair.

"Um, if you don't mind me chiming in," he said. "If you are going to be going to Earth, you'll need a guide."

Grogar looked over towards the human figure and gave him a rather confused stare.

"Who are you?" asked Grogar. "And yet, you look familiar."

"Call me Loki," the human said. "Brother of Thor, king of Asgard."

Grogar's eyes crossed and looking up to the tops of the prison, let out a loud roar as blue strikes of lightning went up from his backwards horns.

"Thor, did you say?" snarled Grogar, breathing and growling heavily. "Well, your brother aided the Royal Sisters in banishing me for 1,000 years! What makes you think that you can help me?"

"I can help you if you help me," said Loki. "Let me out and you shall receive my undivided servitude."

Grogar wasn't moved by this and he began to get a sense that Loki was going to do more harm than good to his plan. Looking away, he turned his attention towards the four creatures.

"I take that as a no," said Loki, his words falling on Grogar's deaf ears.

Activating his horns, Grogar used his magic to pull himself and the four alien creatures with him from Hell while Satan watched with delight.

"I tried to reason with him," remarked Loki, only for Satan to look back at him. "He'll soon regret this decision."

As quickly as they had left Hell, Grogar and his new generals soon found themselves in the center of a desolate and dark kingdom that didn't have a single soul wandering around.

"What is this place?" asked Ebony Maw, looking around with his comrades.

"This is my kingdom, Ebony Maw," answered Grogar. "Welcome to Tambeleon, a kingdom that very soon will be inhabited by creatures who only will look up to me. Of course, if you help me restore my kingdom to glory, you shall all be rewarded. Come now, I shall introduce you to the warriors you will be commanding."

A grunt from the large hulking alien confirmed Grogar's mind that he had made the right decision in bringing these four aliens together. For he knew that they would all serve him well.

Little did they know, however, that Grogar had other plans to grow his forces.

…

Meanwhile, Tempest and her companions found themselves in a large room with a round shaped window on the roof.

"What is this place?" asked Grubber, who soon became enraptured by a large cauldron.

"This is the sanctum," answered Dr. Strange. "My home and base of operations. But, while this is perhaps a shock to you all, time is of the essence. There is a future that I had been monitoring for some time that concerns your homeland, Equestria."

"But, how do you know about Equestria?" asked Tempest. "I mean…you aren't a pony, you're a…whatever you call yourself."

"A human," said a stocky and portly Oriental man. "We are both humans, Tempest Shadow."

"This is my other assistant, Wong. He guards the sanctum while I am gone sometimes."

Suddenly, Dr. Strange took notice of Grubber trying to look into the cauldron.

"You might want to not look into the Cauldron of Cosmos," he advised the hedgehog. "You go in there and you never come out."

This made Grubber step back in shock.

"Uh, okay."

"You'll have to excuse him, Dr. Strange," remarked Tempest. "He's a little curious at times. So, what do you wish of me?"

"As he said, we need your help, Tempest Shadow," said Chancellor Neighsay. "Equestria is about to be targeted a dark evil leader named Emperor Grogar of the kingdom of Tambelon."

This made Tempest widen her eyes in surprise.

"Grogar?" she asked. "But, I thought that he was banished by the princesses."

"He was banished," said Chancellor Neighsay, tapping on his EEA medallion. "But, the spell wore off and now he is free to pick up where he left off."

"Grogar is a dangerous creature," added Dr. Strange. "If you thought that your former boss did damage to your homeland, Tempest, then you haven't seen anything like this in your life."

Activating a spell, Dr. Strange showed a vision of the future where Grogar looked over groups of ponies who were being chained and forced into slavery, much like the Storm King's actions. However, the vision showed that it wasn't Canterlot that the prisoners were in.

"What is this place?"

"It's his kingdom, Tambeleon," answered Dr. Strange. "He seeks to obtain the Elements of Harmony and the magic of the four princesses to power a weapon known as the Chaos Gauntlet."

The vision then proceeded to show a gold hoof glove with spaces in the shape of the six elements of harmony.

"What does it do?"

"If all six elements and the alicorn magic of the four princesses are obtained by him," said Chancellor Neighsay. "He can cast a powerful spell that would send half of Equestria's citizens and anyone else in Equestria to his kingdom. Once you arrive, your freedom is stripped from you and you are to force Grogar and Grogar alone. Defy him and you pay for your defiance with your life."

With each word spoken, Tempest, Grubber and Hannibal realized the gravity of the situation. Each one of them realized that if there was any hope to defend Equestria, the time to act was now. After all, Equestria's leaders gave each and every one of them a second chance and if there was any way to say their thanks for getting a second chance, it would be to help defend Equestria from this growing threat.

…

Meanwhile, Grogar had gathered his donkey army in a large hall and addressed each and every one present.

"My warriors," he explained with the four aliens on each side of him. "After 1,000 years, we have returned from our imposed exile and will now pick up where we left off. Together, we will overthrow the rulers of Equestria and make its inhabitants bow to us. These four creatures are my new generals, look up to them and obey them just as you obey me!"

The donkey soldiers roared out in response as Grogar looked down at them, smiling evilly, looking forward to the moment when his goals would be achieved…