With Equestria reeling from the earthquake caused by the Guardians of the Galaxy crashing on it, Tempest immediately made her way over to Canterlot towards the home of her sister, Razzle Fizzle. Like the Crystal Empire, Canterlot had also seen some damage from the quake.

"Razzle? Razzle?" cried Tempest, hastily banging on the door of her sister's home. "It's me, Fizzlepop! Open up!"

Just as soon as she had been standing there, Tempest was amazed at how quick the door opened. There stood Razzle Fizzle, clearly shaken up by the events that had just transpired.

"Fizzlepop, oh thank Celestia!" she cried, throwing herself onto Tempest. "You've come back!"

"I did, Razzle. I've decided to accept the offer of becoming Twilight's captain."

This caused Razzle to back away in surprise.

"What? Why? I thought that…"

"Because I was told it was my destiny, Razzle," answered Tempest as Razzle allowed her to come inside. "Some strange human told me."

"What human?"

"Some strange creature who calls himself, Dr. Stephen Strange, I guess. He just popped through a portal and told me I had to become her captain of the royal guard."

"After all you had done to Equestria?"

"I've put it behind me, Razzle. It's time to move on and prepare for the fight ahead."

"What fight?"

"More like a war against the Emperor Grogar and his kingdom, Tambeleon. But, it's too hard for me to describe it to you right now."

The two sisters could only just sit on the sofa and wonder what was going to happen to next. Nevertheless, they realized the further gravity of the situation.

…

Meanwhile, Julia accompanied Peter Parker and her daughter, Rachel, towards the School of Friendship. The aftershocks of the earthquake had also damaged parts of the school with its students trying to pick up the pieces. However, that didn't stop two of the students

"Hey," said a young bluish/green changeling while she and a light pink hippogriff tried to reposition a portrait of Twilight on her coronation day. "Who is that?"

"Uh, three centaurs without the horse body," answered the hippogriff. "Wonder if they are also hippogriffs too."

"If they are hippogriffs, then maybe they can change shapes or something, Silverstream," remarked the young changeling. "Guess, we'll find out eventually."

Just then, Julia and the two teens approached the two creatures, getting their attention.

"Uh, excuse me?" Julia asked. "Do either of you know where the headmaster's office is?"

"You mean, headmare Twilight?" asked the changeling. "Her office is the next level up. I'm Ocellus and this is Silverstream. We're two of the students here."

"Are you three centaurs?" asked Silverstream, much to the awkwardness of the three humans as the hippogriff looked over them. "Where are your horse bodies?"

"Uh, what?" remarked Peter. "We're not centaurs, we're just ordinary people. I'm Peter Parker and this is Rachel Carpenter, we're temporary going to be students here."

"And you must be…"

"Julia Carpenter, Rachel's mom and Tony Stark's wife."

This caused Ocellus to become excited.

"You mean Tony Stark, the creature who is leading the charge against Emperor Grogar?"

"Yeah, he's my husband and Rachel's stepfather. Thanks for the directions."

Julia led her daughter and Peter away from the two creatures, but even as they left, Ocellus couldn't help but become more enraptured by the presence of these three humans.

…

"Hey, haven't you notice how awkward that was, mom?" Rachel remarked. "I mean, that bug certainly seemed interested by us."

"She probably hasn't anything like us before, but don't let it get to you, honey," Julia reminded. "Besides, I think this is going to be a good change for you given what has been happening at your old school."

"What is happening at your old school?" Peter asked.

"I…don't want to talk about it, Pete," replied Rachel.

"Mrs. Carpenter?"

But Julia silently nodded to Peter, acknowledging that Rachel didn't want to talk about her issue. At that moment, the three of them saw Twilight walking towards her office, still disheveled following the quake.

"I apologize for my lack of good appearance," she muttered, seeing them. "Got affected by the…ahem…earthquake. Anyways, you must be the humans that are temporary enrolling here. I'm Twilight Sparkle, headmare of the school of friendship as well as the princess of friendship."

"Name's Peter, Peter Parker."

"I'm Rachel Carpenter, Headmare Twilight," gulped Rachel nervously.

"Is everything okay, Rachel? You seem a little…"

"Nervous? Just a little bit, but I'll be fine."

"Don't worry about it," reassured Twilight as they walked into the office. "All of us here at the School of Friendship are friends and you can be just as free to be yourself. So, what we're going to do is that I will take you both in one at a time to enroll you and then you are part of the school. Peter, you're first."

Looking back at Julia and Rachel, Peter walked into Twilight's office and the alicorn princess shut the door behind him. Right away, Peter could tell that this wasn't going to be just any ordinary intake. Then again, he was somewhat expecting it to happen.

"So you know why you are really here?" Twilight asked, gesturing for Peter to sit down in front of her.

"Yeah, Mr. Stark told me that I really need to be here because of Emperor Grogar, right?"

"Yes. But, just because you are here to help us fight him doesn't mean that you give up on your education entirely."

Peter then turned around and looked back to the door.

"It sucks that I have to stay in school, but I understand. But, doesn't Julia know about this as well? If so, if she is here fighting with us, why is Rachel here?"

"She didn't want her daughter to be alone, that's all. In fact, Julia is very protective of her."

"Who told you all about us?"

"After the Storm King invaded Canterlot, S.M.I.L.E. was formed to track down creatures who posed a significant danger to Equestria. Right away, they started tracking down Grogar and his kingdom of Tambeleon. We aren't enough, Peter. Me and the other princesses need you and the rest of the Avengers to help us fight this evil. Will you help Equestria?"

It didn't take long for Peter to give an answer.

"Yes, I will," he answered firmly. "Because I've always said that you can't be a friendly neighborhood Spider Man if there is no neighborhood. And right now, this home of yours, Equestria, is that neighborhood."

"Very well," said Twilight. "You best prepare yourself for the fight ahead, Peter. Because Grogar will not rest until he gets what he wants."

…

With this in mind, Peter stepped out of Twilight's office and as Rachel went in next, he looked over at Julia and the two humans who shared similar powers looked at each other intently.

"Did you accept your fate?" Julia asked.

Peter said nothing to her and instead continued to walk away.

The youngest Avenger had accepted his fate and prepared to play his part in the growing war ahead.

…

Meanwhile, the Guardians of the Galaxy had been taken into the Crystal Empire and placed in a large room within the castle where doctors and nurses tended to them. Just then, Quill opened his eyes and looked around to see where he was.

"What the hell?" he whispered. "Where are we?"

He and the rest of the Guardians would find out soon enough….