It was early morning when word came to Wonderbolt Headquarters that the time had come for the aerial forces to move out. In the days since Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail were trained to fight, every single one of the Wonderbolts and Wonderbolt cadets had been equipped with the jetpacks operated by Sam Wilson. Now, they were all standing out on the runway waiting for the moment to take to the skies.

"All right, Wonderbolts!" called Spitfire, addressing the crowd of Pegasus ponies armed in flight battle gear along with the jetpacks. "The time has come for us to face the enemy in Canterlot! Just remember what you were taught about using the jetpacks and you might survive, is that clear?"

"Yes, ma'am!" replied the crowd. Once she said her peace, Spitfire flew down next to Rainbow Dash, Sam and her fellow Wonderbolts. The anxiety of the impending battle was starting to take its toll on Spitfire, who immediately couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Nervous, crash?" she asked Rainbow Dash.

"A little bit, but I feel optimistic about what is to come," answered Rainbow Dash. "What about your mom?"

"She was evacuated to the dragon lands," remarked Spitfire. "Although I can't help but wonder why. But at least she will be out of harm's way. Hope her heart doesn't give out from all the stress of what is happening."

Rainbow could well remember the heart attack Spitfire's mother had suffered a while back and how it brought Spitfire to her knees. Much like the rest of Equestria, the army of Wonderbolts was left to wait for the signal to move. Much like their leader, it was nothing short of anxiety provoking. Even for two of its most promising flyers, the anxiety was too much to take.

"Take some deep breaths, Vapor," whispered Sky Stinger, clutching his best friends' hoof tightly. "I don't think Spitfire wants you to go in with a nervous feeling."

"But, I am nervous, Sky," whispered Vapor Trail, looking at him. "It's…even hard to take deep breaths."

"No matter what happens," interjected the pony known as Angel Wings. "You two are my favorite flyers in all of Equestria."

Even those words weren't enough to take the anxiety off of both Sky and Vapor. Even more so, it wasn't going to make the waiting go by any faster than it already was.

…

Back in Canterlot, Celestia stood on the tower of her castle and prepared to raise the sun in an effort to catch Grogar off guard.

"Do you think it will catch him off guard?" wondered Luna as she and Cadence joined Celestia on the tower.

"I hope so, Luna," replied Celestia, nervously. "I hope so."

Activating her magic, Celestia closed her eyes and slowly raised the sun up over Equestria, two hours earlier than scheduled. Raising the sun, the princesses hoped that the premature rising would cause the impending forces to become confused, but that wasn't the case. They were already starting to form in the clearing.

"It's not working," cried Cadence, gesturing for her aunts to look at the clearing. "They are still taking their positioning."

The tactic backfired and they were all forced to abandon the strategy. Twilight and Tempest also saw the tactic backfire from down in the lower levels of the castle as well and realized that things were going to go downhill fast.

"Now what?" said Tempest.

"Guess we take our positions," remarked Twilight. "No question Grogar is going to target the Elements, so I'd better get back and try and defend them. Do you think you are going to be all right?"

"Like we have a choice," sighed Tempest, who slowly realized that this was probably going to be the last time she and Twilight would be together. "Listen Twilight, if anything happens and that one of us doesn't survive…"

But Twilight stopped Tempest from saying another word and gave the troubled pony a small hug. This brought a brief glimpse of relief to Tempest, even though it wasn't going to go all entirely away.

"No matter what happens, we will see each other again," reassured Twilight. "Remember that."

The two mares pulled away and Tempest watched as Twilight disappeared from her view using a teleportation spell. Tempest was left alone to fight alongside the defenders of Canterlot.

…

Elsewhere Tony and Julia, dressed in their respective hero suits, were preparing for the impending battle themselves, standing outside of Stark Enterprises' Equestrian division. Starlight Glimmer was already in the Hulkbuster armor and making her way towards the entrance to Canterlot.

"Tony," Julia whispered, clutching her husband's hand tightly. "I'm really scared."

"Me too, Julia, me too," replied Tony, softly. "Honestly, I don't even know if we are even going to live to tell the tale. But I want you to know something important."

Tears began to form in Julia's eyes upon realizing what Tony was going to say to her.

"No matter what happens, we're going to see each other again," he said, firmly. "They can do what they like with our bodies, but our souls are eternal."

Whatever comfort his words meant to her was only just that…words to Julia. But Tony had a point, their souls were eternal. Finally, they pulled each other into an embrace that lasted for a good long few minutes before Julia watched as Tony took to the skies and flew off towards the castle of friendship.

"I love you," whispered Julia as she watched her husband fly off.

"I love you," Tony whispered from inside his Iron Man armor.

…

A few moments later, the defenders of Canterlot positioned themselves in their respective areas as the armies of Sombra, Tirek, Chrysalis, Cozy Glow and the Storm King let out loud battle cries. Stepping forward, Steve, T'Challa and Natasha Romanoff, who had come from S.M.I.L.E. headquarters during the night approached Ebony Maw and Proxima Midnight in the center of the field.

"Grogar will have the princesses' magic," Proxima growled. "And the Elements of Harmony."

"That's not going to happen," Steve replied.

"You are facing Wakanda now," added T'Challa. "Emperor Grogar will have nothing but dust and blood."

"You'll regret those words," snarled Proxima and the generals each respectively went back to their sides.

…

"They surrender?" asked Bucky to Steve as he cocked his machine gun.

"Nope," answered the man known as Captain America. "Wasn't expecting them to surrender, just rattle their nerves."

…

Meanwhile, Celestia raised her horn high into the air and that was the signal for the Wonderbolts to take flight.

"All right, that's the signal!" cried Spitfire, turning her head back towards the Pegasus army. "Let's move out!"

Taking to the skies, Sam, Rainbow Dash and Spitfire led the Pegasus army towards Canterlot with Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail still clutching each other's hooves tightly right up until they neared Canterlot.

Once the Pegasus forces arrived, that was the signal for evil forces to make their move.

"How are we going to get through that barrier?" asked Cozy Glow to Tirek.

"We break our way through, Cozy Glow," answered Tirek and the demonic centaur roared loudly as the armies charged towards the barrier, trying to break their way through.

Now, it was only a matter of time before the barrier would fall…

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