"Are you sure that you want to do this?" Applejack asked Queen Novo. "I mean…who knows what that goat and his jackasses have up their sleeve?"

Hearing her friend say a dirty word caused Rarity to wince back in fear.

"What?"

"Applejack, you should get your mouth washed out," cried Rarity, recoiling in shock. "Shame on you!"

"Look, what I said about Grogar is justified."

"As do I, honey," replied Queen Novo as several more hippogriff generals came flying into the room. "That is why we have 500 of our warriors preparing for battle as we speak."

"500? That's a lot."

"We need all the help we can get," added General Seaspray, placing his battle helmet on his head. "The sooner we attack Tambeleon, the better."

Realizing that there was no other option, Applejack took her hat off in respect of the decision that was made.

"How good are your fighting skills, Rare?" she asked.

"I'm not much of a fighter, if that's what you are wondering, Applejack."

"It doesn't matter. All that matters is that Grogar is defeated once and for all. You ask us to do whatever you want us to do, Queen Novo, and we'll do it."

But before Novo could tell Applejack and Rarity what she wanted them to do, a hippogriff came flying into the room, panting heavily.

"Your…your majesty," he gasped, taking off his helmet and bowing to Novo shakingly. "It's…it's the Storm King."

A distressed look immediately fell upon Novo and Seaspray's faces upon hearing this.

"Impossible!" gasped Novo.

"No, my queen. He has returned from the dead and is leading an army towards here."

Right away, panic mode had already set in and Novo ordered all of the forces to take their battle stations. The call went out for the evacuees to take shelter and Rachel was woken up by what was happening.

"Take cover now! Take cover now!"

The young red haired girl was thrusted to her feet and was ushered down to the basement of the building they were all in.

"All right, all right, don't you know how to respect an old mare?" cried Granny Smith as she was pushed along with the rest of her family and the evacuees. "Blasted birds or whatever they are!"

"Where's Applejack?" cried Applebloom.

"Where's Rarity?" added Sweetie Belle, frantically looking around for her sister.

…

With Mount Aris on the horizon, the Storm King and his forces prepared themselves to storm the gates.

"All right, gang!" he called. "Time to have some fun with our friends and finish what we started!"

The sounds of grunts confirmed the army's commitment to storming Mount Aris.

"Oh, this is going to be good," the Storm King laughed, brandishing his staff. "Those hippogriffs won't know what hit them."

Little did he know that a pair of eyes were watching the Storm King from behind a rock.

…

Meanwhile, back at Twilight's castle, the remaining warriors were regrouping and trying to figure out what to do next.

"So what do we do now?" asked Starlight, scars on her face from fighting in the hulkbuster armor. "Half of all our friends are imprisoned in Tambeleon and we're stuck here."

"We can't just give up," said Tempest Shadow. "Some move on from things like this, but I have not. My sister is among the captives and I have to rescue her."

The determination in Tempest's eyes was almost uneasy to ignore. It was then that Tony got himself an idea

"There is a way," he said. "We need additional help."

"What kind of additional help?" asked Starswirl

"I can't believe that I am saying this, but we need Scott, Clint, everybody who hasn't been captured and imprisoned in Tambeleon."

"You sure about that, Tony?" wondered Rhodes.

"I'm sure, Rhody."

"We also haven't made contact with the rest of Twilight's friends," added Spike, who was showing an equal amount of concern about the situation. "I haven't been able to contact them. Likely they are in Tambeleon."

Just then, the baby dragon coughed up a scroll and Sunset seized it with her aura, unfurling the scroll and reading it.

"What is it, Sunset?" asked Tony, as Sunset read the last few words on the scroll.

"It's from Equestrian Intelligence, Applejack and Rarity are okay. They were evacuated."

Knowing that his crush was safe, Spike sighed in relief and fell over on his back.

"But they are on Mount Aris and the Storm King is preparing an attack!"

This made Spike gasp and jump into the air.

"We should have known Grogar would take advantage of this!" cried Starswirl.

"It was only a matter of time," added Mistmane.

"We need to go and fight the Storm King," ordered Tempest, but no sooner did she say that did a rumbling sound shake the foundation of the Friendship Castle. "What was that?"

"Uh, guys," said Gallus with a worried look on his face. "We've got company!"

Looking out the window, the group of survivors saw the giant centaur known as Tirek walking towards them.

"It's Tirek!" cried Rainbow Dash as a small Pegasus filly followed him. "And Cozy Glow!"

"Grogar must be dividing and conquering," remarked Starlight Glimmer. "We can't just sit here and wait for him to come to us. We need to get out of here!"

"And leave the castle to Tirek?" asked Spike.

"There's no choice, Spike!" cried Sunset. "We need to find the other Avengers if we are going to have any chance at stopping these guys!"

Activating a spell from her horn, Starlight enveloped the survivors in magic and with a flash of light, disappeared from view while Tirek neared the castle, knocking over the barricades and punching his fists into the castle walls, creating large gaping holes that exposed the interior inside.

"Where did they go?" cried Cozy Glow, flying through one of the holes created by Tirek. "They're gone!"

"Clearly they must have escaped, Cozy Glow," remarked Tirek, snarling. "But we have more important matters to discuss. I want magic to absorb."

"There are plenty of ponies in Ponyville," suggested Cozy Glow. "You can start there!"

"It's just as well," sighed Tirek, looking towards his protégé. "Show me where there are ponies with magic, Cozy Glow!"

Cozy led Tirek away to Ponyville where at that moment, the Storm King was about to launch his attack on Mount Aris. However, Queen Novo was determined to defend her kingdom to the bitter end.

…

"STORM KING!" she shouted from atop a high rock. "YOU…SHALL…NOT…PASS!"

The sounds of loud yells from the Hippogriff forces confirmed that the inevitable was about to happen…

The Hippogriffs and the Storm King were about to face off once again.