Sunset Shimmer was back in Equestria as the sun set on the war torn land, but right away she sensed a tension in the air. The library she stepped into was quiet, far too quiet. She could sense something was terribly wrong and it wasn't until she saw Starlight Glimmer walking by with a sorrowful look on her face that confirmed everything.

"Starlight?" Sunset called out, catching her attention. "What's going on here? I sensed something was wrong and…"

Starlight lowered her head in shame confirming the worst for Sunset.

"Equestria has fallen to Emperor Grogar," Starlight sighed. "Twilight is gone."

Right away, Sunset became concerned.

"Has she been taken prisoner?" she asked worriedly.

"Turned to dust."

A look of shock and disbelief fell on Sunset's face. In her mind, Twilight Sparkle, the pony who showed her the error of her ways, was dead. Immediately, Starlight sensed this and corrected her.

"But she is alive. We're going to find a way to get her and all those trapped out."

"All those trapped?"

Sunset followed Starlight towards Twilight's throne room where all of the remaining Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy were gathered. A hushed silence fell on the throne room upon seeing Sunset arrive.

"Uh, who is that?" asked Rocket, who was sitting in Spike's throne.

"Sunset Shimmer," gasped Rainbow Dash, rising from her seat. "So we finally meet at last. Too bad its under these circumstances."

Sunset ignored Rainbow Dash and instead focused on what was at hand, turning her attention towards Tony Stark, who was sitting in Twilight's throne.

"Tony Stark?" asked Sunset, walking towards the leader of the Avengers as all in the throne room kept their eyes on her. "I'm Sunset Shimmer, a former resident of Equestria and student of Princess Celestia. I remember you coming to Canterlot High and…"

"Yes, I remember you, Sunset," he interrupted. "You were with that group of girls that had done great things for your school. Sort of like us, only different. Where are the rest of your friends?"

"They are back in my world for their own safety. I didn't even tell them where I was going."

"So you say," Tony remarked. "Well, we have a crisis on our hands, a major one. I'm pretty sure you have been told that Equestria has fallen and…"

"…half of the population has been imprisoned in Tambeleon," interrupted Sunset, much to Tony's shock.

"Tony, is she some kind of psychic?" asked Jim Rhodes, standing at the far end of the throne room.

"You could say that, Colonel Rhodes," answered Sunset, looking over towards him. "For I have powers that allow me to sense what is going on in Equestria as well as the world I live in now."

"Now I know she is a psychic," mutter Jim.

With those words said, Tony regained the attention of all in the room.

"Now look," he said firmly. "All I know is that we are dealing with planning a counterattack on Tambeleon. With half of Equestria and half of our allies imprisoned, we all have our work cut out for us."

"Mr. Stark," interjected Starswirl the Bearded, rising from Rarity's throne. "I can sense what you are planning to do. You want to just barge into Grogar's empire and rescue our comrades so easily. Well, I will be the one to tell you that it isn't as simple as you think it should be."

Right away, Tony began to get vibes of the conflict he had with Dr. Strange during their fight against Thanos and right then and there, he wasn't going to tolerate anything from Starswirl.

"Look Dumbledore," Tony asked. "Who is in charge here?"

"I beg your pardon?" Starswirl remarked. "I just happen to be the most powerful sorcerer in Equestria who knows all too well what Grogar is capable of."

"We should listen to Starswirl," advised Rainbow Dash. "He helped us before in defeating the Pony of Shadows and there is no reason to question him now."

Tony still had the vibes but was willing to give Starswirl a chance.

"I agree with Rainbow Dash," added Steve.

"Very well," Tony sighed. "Right now, we need to devise a plan to attack Tambeleon. However, we can't just barge in and take Grogar by surprise."

"Finally we agree on something," remarked Starswirl. "If anything, we need to use powerful magic to subdue him. As a pillar of Equestria, I propose we send Grogar to Limbo with the Pony of Shadows."

"We need the Elements of Harmony to do that," advised Starlight. "And they are not only in Grogar's possession, but they also have been damaged beyond repair to power the Chaos Gauntlet. So, unless if there is another way…"

"I propose we capture Grogar and try him for his crimes. That's what we would do on Asgard," suggested Thor.

"But this isn't Asgard, Thor," Tony remarked. "As far as I am concerned, Grogar isn't the one who will go anywhere quietly. He will fight to the death and won't be afraid to cause any collateral damage. We have all seen the power this goat has firsthand."

"And," added Starlight. "As long as he wields the princesses' alicorn magic, Grogar will remain extremely dangerous to deal with."

Sunset's eyes widened in shock upon hearing this. Up until that moment, she refused to believe that alicorn magic could be wielded by others, let alone taken away from them.

"Yes," Starlight said to Sunset. "The princesses' magic has been taken from them to power the chaos gauntlet."

"I can't believe this," gasped Sunset. "How could they…?"

"Desperate villains sometimes call for desperate measures, I guess."

"Well we aren't going to accomplish anything if we are just sitting around here doing nothing," cried Sunset. "Has the rest of Twilight's friends been contacted?"

…

No sooner did they say those words that at that very moment, a light brown colored pony was awakened by a hippogriff nudging her as she slept with the rest of her family in a large open room. Muttering she opened her eyes and looked up towards the hippogriff.

"Wha…what is it?"

"Are you Applejack?" the hippogriff whispered.

"Who…who wants ter know?"

But the hippogriff answered nothing and instead motioned for Applejack to follow him away from the sleeping evacuees. Walking through the streets of Hippogriffia, Applejack was led to another building where Rarity, another of her friends who was among the evacuees, was at along with Queen Novo and General Seaspray.

"What in tarnation is going on here?" Applejack asked, now fully awake thanks to the walk in the streets.

"Haven't you heard, Applejack?" Rarity remarked. "Equestria has fallen."

"Well, we should do something," cried Applejack, right away getting a sense of what needed to be done.

"We are doing something, honey," interjected Queen Novo. "We are going to attack Tambeleon. Us and the rest of your homeland's allies."

Applejack took an enormous gulp as she and Rarity were about to be absorbed into the ever growing counterattack…