//------------------------------// // Storm of Chantalot // Story: My Little Mages: Amicitiae Tempestate // by Foxhelm //------------------------------// Inside the city, along one of the streets as Tempest was having Twilight carted to the castle. “I am here and I see your pain Through the storms, through the clouds, the rain I'm telling you-you cannot escape” they heard Songbird Serenade try to sing. One of the storm guards then banged on the cage that caused her to stop. Twilight look at Songbird and then looked down riddled with guilt. Songbird only gave a smile, confident in Twilight. About twenty minutes late, as the sun started it’s decent on Midsummer’s Eve, Twilight was carted into the throne room and was carefully brought to and placed in the empty corner of the magical circle on the floor. She looked at the markings, “The Staff of Sacanas!” she gasped as she recognized the pattern. She raised her head and looked at Tempest in horror. “Tempest, don't do this,” she begged and pleaded. “Don't give the Storm King—” Tempest slapped her across the face, “Your magic?” the forsaker asked as she cut the demigod off. Tempest. As Twilight rubbed her cheek, “Did you think you'd keep it all to yourself?” she asked rhetorically as she circled the cage. “Time to share. I'd love for everybody out there to know what I can really do.” As she spoke she turned from Twilight and looked out a window. But it wasn’t the image on the window but beyond it, to the sky. “Ooh, fascinating!” came the voice of a man in his forties came in from the main entrance. Twilight has only seen images of the man but she knew who he was. The Storm King started to walk towards Grubber and Tempest as if he owned the place. As he walked Twilight noticed that Tempest and Grubber froze for a second and then genuflect before him. “What can you really do?” he asked Tempest. Grubber hopped to his feet, “Your bidding, of courth, Your Mighty-nethth.” the hedgehog answered and then ran out of the room so fast he broke the sound barrier. “Hm, eat your heart out Sonic.” the Storm King commented at how fast Grubber was gone. But within a second he changed his focus back to Grubber’s answer. “But he’s right, bidding's good. I like bidding!” he declared as he walked into the center of the circle. He then saw that Twilight was not petrified. “Um, what are you supposed to be?” he asked confused at the sight. “I am Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship!” Twilight declared as she scowled at the man. The Storm King then laughed, “That’s cute, kid.” As he still laughed he turned to face Tempest, who was now on her feet. “Why is this one still moving?” he asked through his teeth, irate at the fact that Twilight was only caged. Tempest lowered her head, “She and her friends put up a bit of a fight, but she's alone now.” Tempest said as she raised her head and looked at Twilight. “She won't be a problem,” she concluded. “Well, it’s not the skin off my nose if she is.” The Storm King said as he walked to be in the center of the circle. He raised the staff. “Well, deliver the punchline, Tempest, because this joke has gone on long enough!” He then brought the staff in the exact center of the circle. Once it made contact with the floor, a light went from the staff towards every statue and Twilight. The light then entered into each of them and then from them all another light form as the magic in each and every one of the petrified people and Twilight was pulled into the light blue crystal at the top of the staff. Twilight screamed in clear agonizing pain as a part of her was ripped from her. As her magic drained, Twilight’s wings disappeared as she felt her status as a demigod be stripped from her. She screamed and cried until the last bit of her magic was stripped from her. She fell to the bottom of her cage and started to pant. She even vomited blood. ‘So this is what Nightshade felt’, Twilight thought. This was worse than when Tirek drained the magic from her, she offered it up. This was taken against her will as if she was raped. Once the spell ended, the Storm King looked at the staff and started to laugh in triumphant. “YES!” he shouted as he felt the very power in the staff conduct it’s way into him. He turned to Tempest and smiled, “You know your staff after all.” he declared. “Now, let's get this storm started!” he shouted. He then paused as he thought about what he just said. “Ooh, hey, that's good. I should trademark that.” He then turned his attention to Twilight. “Let’s start with you.” He said as he lowered the top of the staff and aimed it at Twilight. In less than a second, Twilight was zapped out of the cage and through the wall on to one of the balconies of the castle. As she struggled to get on to her feet but fail, The Storm King walked through the hole in the wall he made. “Not bad.” he mused. “A decent start. But what else does it do?” he mused as he walked passed Twilight. Tempest followed her king, “Your Excellency, you promised —” she started as she tried to get the Storm King’s attention. “Yeah, yeah, hold on.” The Storm King dismissed as he pointed the staff at the sun. He then lowered the top towards his right and that caused the sun to set and the moon to rise. He smirked. “Now this is more like!” He then turned the staff to his left and it was day again. He then started to laugh at the power he possessed. Twilight and Tempest looked at the Storm King, both in horror and terror. The two then looked at each other, Twilight eyes starting to water, pleading for Tempest’s help. Tempest could only lower her head in shame. As the same time as the Storm King say that he could control the celestial bodies, Capper was dressed like a baker with a cart by his side. The car was pulled by Applejack, Rainbow, Rarity, Fluttershy, Sunburst, Stygian, Pinkie, Starlight and Trixie. In the cart was about seven feet tall with Spike on the top breathing fire like he was a fountain. They were walking on the southern road heading north to the capitol. As they neared the entrance there were a half dozen storm guards armed with spears and shields. Capper gestured to the lot pulling the cart to stop as he walked up to the guards. “Good afternoon, gentleman, I gotta delivery here for The Storm King.” Capper said as he looked at chipboard as if “I was given explicit instructions to bring this here cake to this here castle's throne room.” The guards growled as they blocked the passage. Capper held up his paws and took a step back, “All right, then. Look here. Could one o' y'all go be a pal, go tell your boss he's not gettin' his "congratulations on subduing Mystica" cake?” he asked as he pointed to the cart. He then turned his back to the guards and started to walk back to the cart, “'Cause I don't wanna be the one responsible for the big guy missin' his special dessert. You know what I'm sayin'?” he asked as she stopped halfway between the cart and the guards. Capper looker at the lot and had three claws up right above his heart. After he counted down, the storm guards stepped to let them through. Capper turned around, “Thank you kindly, fellas. I'mma be sure and put in a good word for the botha y'all.” he said as they passed the guards. About ten minutes later, after getting halfway through the city to the castle, the cart was noticed by Grubber. The hedgehog was having a slice of pie, “Mmm! Pie!” he said to himself. He then spotted the cart, “Oh, hello, cake!” He then ran up to and got up to the cart. “Ooh! Don't mind if I do!" he said as he took a small piece of it. He didn’t notice anything at first, but he then spotted the closed eye of one of the parrots. Grubber jumped off the cart with the cake and began to run, shouting “ATTACKERTH” which prompted the nearby Storm Guards began to surround the cake. “I’ve got to warn Tempetht and Thtorm King!” The hedgehog declared as he ran. “Hey get back here!” Spike shouted as leaped off the top of the cake and gave chase after Grubber. Capper looked around and gave a nervous laugh as the storm guards began to close in. “Well, the jig’s up. Plan B!” he shouted. Rainbow elbowed the cart three times. The cake then ‘exploded’ as Celaeno, her crew, Pharynx, Flash, and Skystar leaped out of the cake to engage the storm guards. Applejack and the rest threw off their yokes and chains and join the fray. However Fluttershy hovered over to one of the storm guards and looked at him in the eye, “You seem tense,” she then looked at all the others gathered. “You all do. Does anyone want to talk about it?” she asked. After a second of silence, one guard spoke up, “I just want to go home and enjoy making snowmen.” one said. “I never wanted to raid cities, and conquer nations, I just wanted to see the birds that live around the world.” “I just wanted to make sure my little sister has food.” “I couldn’t just let him kill my mommy.” one by one the guards spoke as they each sat down and lowered their weapons. Fluttershy then hugged the closest one to her, “There there, Let it all out.” The storm guard then started to break down and cry. Then one by one the other guards started to cry. “There, there, you’re not bad storm guards, you just lost your way.” After a few seconds as she took a moment to look at each and every one of the guards ther, “We can help you find it if you want.” she stated. “How?” one asked as he tried to wipe away his tears. “We have to stop the Storm King,” Fluttershy answered. “But, we can’t fight against him.” one protested. “You don’t have to, all you have to do is step aside,” Fluttershy said as she hovered over to the one that spoke. After a couple of seconds, all the storm guards stepped away. “Thank you. Oh would it be too much to ask if you could set our friends in the city free?” she asked with big pleading eyes. The Storm guards got up, dropped their weapons and shields and started to take out their keys. “Thank you all so very much, Buh-bye,” Fluttershy said and then started to lead the rest to the castle. All the storm guards waved goodbye to the druid. Everyone was mostly left dumbfound, even as Spike arrived with a hog-tied and slight charred Grubber. Flash smirked as he was the first to leave and catch up with Fluttershy. “Told ya she would be the most useful.” Everyone else then followed with Spike leaving Grubber, as the hedgehog looked at the storm guards as they all seemed to still be in tears, “Hey guyth, could thomeone untie me?” he asked. Farther about ten minutes later they arrived at the stairs of the palace, where they met with a decent squad of storm guards ready to defend their king. Before Flash or anyone could charge ahead, Capper grabbed Spike and pointed his mouth at the storm guards. “This here is a fire-breathin’ dragon.” Spike then breathed a few flames as he seemed to get what Capper was planning. “Now let us through or ya’ll burn.” Spike then exhaled a massive amount of fire at a stone pillar which caused it to melt. The storm guards looked at each other and then dropped their weapons and ran past the group. Capper looked at what just happened. “That was easier than I expected.” the cat commented. From the balcony that Twilight, Tempest and the Storm King were, the three saw the arrival of Twilight’s friends and the guards fleeing. “What?! How?!” Tempest asked in utter confusion of what she saw. Twilight finally was able to get back to her feet and able to walk, as she joined Tempest she gasped as tried to collect herself, “It's... It's the Magic of…” Twilight tried to answer. However, the Storm King came up upon the two and wrapped his left arm around Tempest and right around Twilight, “Friendship, and flowers, and ponies, and rainbows, and sparkles, and puppy licks” the Storm King listed off in a cheerful voice with massive eyes and big smile that clearly mocked Twilight’s stance. He then stuck his tongue out. “and bleh!” he said and let go of the two. “I'm so totally over all this cute. This... ends... now!” he declared as he raised the staff into the air and the wind started to pick-up and soon a cyclone began to form around the castle. The Storm King started to laugh as the sky rumbled. Below the Storm King, Capper, Spike, et al were forced back because of the cyclone which was also charged and was riddled with lightning. As the group looked at the sight, Flash drew his blade. “STAR SABRE!!!” He shouted as he swung his blade, but nothing happened. He then reached for his hand crossbow. “REQUIEM BLASTER!” he shouted, but again nothing happened. “I can't access my boons.” Flash said as he turned to look at the rest, “All of Twilight’s power must have been ripped from her. I can’t do anymore.” Rainbow also looked around and allowed her body to feel the wind. After a second. “I don’t have enough to get through that even with a Sonic Rainboom, and there’s too much wind resistance for me to build enough speed for a Sonic Rainboom,” Rainbow said as turned to the group. A light bulb appeared above Pinkie’s head as she pulled out of her hair a circus human cannonball helmet and put it on her head. Everyone looked at Pinkie and then Rainbow spoke up, “Alright Pinkie, let’s do this.” She said with a slight sigh. Back with the Storm King, Tempest, and Twilight, “Now I truly am the Storm King!” the Storm King declared and laughed at what he saw as his victory as he watched the storm. “And the entire world will bow to my ba-ba-ba-boom, baby!” he cheered himself on as he literally patted himself on the back. Tempest then walked towards her king, she genuflected to him, “Sire, as promised as I delivered you this power.” Tempest started. “Now about…” Tempest was cut off and caught off guard as she was slapped and fell to the ground. As she started to get back up, while she rubbed her cheek, “I don’t under…” she started. “Are you familiar with a Magiavellin deal?” the Storm King asked. Tempest nodded. “Well, what do you think our deal was?” he asked rhetorically. “But…” Tempest protested but stopped as it all dawn on her, “You…” she couldn’t finish the sentence. She didn’t want to say the words in a desperate act to escape the truth. “You are smarter than the product of Grubber and his predecessor, I’d think you’d gotten with the program when you captured this city.” The Storm King said as he walked away from Tempest. Tempest growled as from her forehead lightning started to crackle before it went down both arms. She then sent that lightning to the Storm King. The Storm King caught it in his right hand and had it sent into the cyclone through his left index finger like it was nothing. “That can’t have been your best shot, Tempy.” he mocked as he lowered the staff with his left hand and blasted the floor at Tempest’s feet. Tempest screamed as she barely was able to grab the railing of the balcony and yet it did not enough keep her from being sucked into the cyclone. “HOLD ON!” Twilight shouted as she ran to help Tempest. Tempest’s grip failed her, Twilight was about to grabber Tempest’s right hand. “Why are you saving me?” Tempest asked. “Open up your eyes See the world from where I stand, Me one who can give aid, You in need of a helping hand,” Twilight sang as if accompanied with some of the music of Tempest’s own song. Twilight then grunted as she was able to pull Tempest over the railing and back to the balcony and out of the wind’s power. The two hugged, Tempest more so in gratitude. This sight was not lost on the Storm King, “Well, isn’t that just so sweet!” he commented mockingly, “You two should get a room.” he then lowered the staff and pointed it at them, “I know a place with plenty of them.” he laughed as the crystal started to glow. At the same time as when the Storm King said ‘ba-ba-ba-boom’, “You sure about this?” Mullet asked as everyone was preparing to fire Pinkie’s large cannon. From inside the cannon, Pinkie, Spike, Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow were waiting for the cannon to fire. “Just do it! Thank you! I'm excited! Who's excited?! Aaah! I've never been so excited!” Pinkie ran off as and ended with a scream of excitement and a squeal of delight. At the trigger of the cannon, Murdock squawked as he pushed down on the trigger and set off the cannon. The cannon went boom, as it fired Pinkie et al into the winds. Everyone but Pinkie screamed in terror as Pinkie laughed and cheered. As the six were shot through the cyclone, the Storm King was about to fire upon Tempest and Twilight. The six then collided with the Storm King, Twilight and Tempest, sending them all into the throne room with the staff sent into a window. “BULL’S-EYE!” Pinkie shouted at the accomplishment as she and the others started to get back onto their feet. Twilight’s eyes started to water as she saw her friends. “You all came back!” she said as she started to walk to them. However, she stopped until she saw Pinkie, “Pinkie! I'm so sor-” Twilight started as the guilt in her began to boil over. However before Twilight could finish, Pinkie seemed to teleport to be right next to her and the jester hugged Twilight, making a squeak-like sound in the hug. “I forgive you, Twilight. I am sorry too.” She said. “Oh Pinkie…” Twilight said as she hugged Pinkie and started to cry into her shoulder. There was a tap on both of their shoulders. “Now’s not the time to make up!” Rainbow said as she pointed to the staff. “This isn't over!” Rainbow pointed out. The staff crackled as it sent a blast into the throne room and the storm outside started to pick up. Twilight looked at the sight. “That staff has all the power of us demigods and everyone else that was petrified, “I've gotta get control of it!” Twilight declare. Pinkie gave Twilight a pat on her shoulder, “Go! You've got this, Twilight!” Twilight looked at Pinkie, “Because we got this, together.” Twilight said as she looked to the staff. However, she wasn’t the only one, “That Staff is MINE!” declared the Storm King as he got up. This declaration caused Twilight to pause in terror. Yet as the Storm King started towards the staff. Pinkie rest her hand on Twilight shoulder, “We got this!” Pinkie said to Twilight as she pulled a mallet out of her hair. Twilight nodded and ran to collect the staff. Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow, Spike, and Fluttershy rushed to tackle and intersect the Storm King. Applejack swung her sword, but the Storm King used his arm guard to block it and then he kicked her to the side, aiming for Rarity. He grabbed Pinkie’s mallet by the head and threw her into Rainbow. Spike was the next to charge him, and the dragon was punted into Fluttershy. However, the lot didn’t let up as they tried to hold him back. Every step he took, one or another would try to tackle him or would attack him. However, the Storm King was only slowed down, but not by much. As he managed to finally passed the seven, Twilight managed to get the staff. The Storm King then jumped in an attempt to take it from her. However, he missed and hit the window, shattering it. He screamed as he was caught up in the cyclone's winds. Twilight then started to scream as she was too caught up in the storm. Pinkie was first to get back to her feet after the Storm King made it past her, “Nooooooooooo!!!” she screamed as she ran to where Twilight was her right hand. Before she could be caught up in the wind, Applejack grabbed her until the wind seemed to die. Pinkie struggled to escape the paladin’s hold, but Applejack was not going to lose another friend to this storm. After almost a minute, Pinkie stopped struggling and began to weep. Applejack turned Pinkie around so that she could cry into her shoulder. After about a minute the storm stopped and the sky began to clear. Applejack gasped as she turned Pinkie around and the two were joined by the rest of their friends. Applejack then pointed to the sky, everyone looked and saw Twilight began to drift down with her wings returned and the staff in her hands. Once Twilight land she gave a tired smile to her friends “YYYYEEEESSSS!!!” Pinkie shouted and hugged Twilight, “Group hug!” she declared and was joined by the rest. Everyone gave cheers and laughed at what seemed to Twilight’s victory. From behind them, Tempest saw the site. She smiled, glad to have been proven wrong. She took a step forward, but then a step back as she looked down ashamed at her past. As she took one last glance at the group, she spotted the Storm King climb on the railings of the balcony. Tempest gasped and ran towards the railing. The Storm King reached into a pouch he had on his belt and took out one of the petrification orbs. “NOOO!!” she screamed as intersected the throw. The orb shattered on her, but as she continued the particles of the shattered orb floated back to the Storm King. The Storm King lost his grip as his body turned to stone. With the loss of his grip, the Storm King fell and when he landed his body shattered into a hundred pieces. Tempest was spared that fate as Twilight used the staff to catch Tempest and bring her back to the balcony. “I can’t believe she did that,” Rainbow commented on Tempest’s action. “I can,” Twilight whispered before she took another breath and using the staff, casted a stone to flesh spell that returned Tempest to her normal state. Tempest gasped as she recovered her breath. She looked at Twilight and saw a welcoming smile. Tempest walked up to Twilight, “Thank you, Princess.” she said and then took a look at the sky. She then took Twilight by the hand, “Come on, we don’t have much time to fix everything.” Tempest lead Twilight back to the circle. “Just do what the Storm King did and all the magic the staff drained will be returned to where it belongs and everyone petrified will be returned to normal. She instructed. Twilight nodded and raised the staff before bringing it to the floor. Once it made contact with the floor the magic returned to everyone that it was taken from as they were freed from their petrified state. Everyone freed gasped as they returned to flesh and blood. Twilight managed to pull the other princesses and her brother into a massive hug, glad to see them free. Some of the magic continued to go throughout the city returning everyone that had been petrified to normal, most notable not in the throne room was Brighteyes, who was never moved from where she shoved Twilight away from Tempest’s attempt to petrify her. Hours later as the sun was setting, the band started to play as Spike was on the stage, “Sorry for the delay everybody,” Spike somewhat joked into the microphone he had. “Now with the Storm King vanished and everyone free, let's celebrate!” Everyone cheered. “Now let’s kick it off, properly, ladies and gentlemen, get ready for Songbird Serenade!” Spike shouted into the mic. Everyone cheered as Songbird got on stage. “Thank’s Spike.” Songbird said as Spike began to step off the stage. “Before we actually start, let’s give applause for Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends!” Songbird said as she pointed to Twilight and her friends. Everyone applauded and cheered Twilight and her friends. Songbird then cleared her throat and then started to sing. As Songbird sang, most watched the performance with a few notable events, such as Rainbow and Celaeno shared a fist bump as a sign of comradery, Rarity made a tall hat and gentleman’s cape which she gave Capper, Capper accepted both with a bow and a literal tip of the hat, and Pinkie and Skystar sharing a friendly hug and laugh. Skystar then gasped as she spotted something flying towards them. It was Novo and a handful of Aasimars. “MOM!” Skystar shouted as she flew up to and shared a hug with her mother. The two then shared a laugh. “You are so grounded!” Novo said and laughed as Skystar was left horrified and speechless. As Songbird continued to sing, Twilight watched how everyone was enjoying themselves until she spotted Tempest in the far back not looking the show. Twilight hovered over and landed next to Tempest, “The one thing that never changes around here. The party.” Tempest said as she knew Twilight was next to her. Twilight placed her hand on Tempest’s shoulder, “I hope you'll stay. The more the merrier, they say.” Twilight said as she looked Tempest in the eye. Tempest started to smile but stopped as she placed her left hand on her scared forehead, “But…” she started. “Your magic doesn’t need a focus gem to show how powerful it is. And it’s pretty powerful.” Twilight said with a smile. Tempest smiled as she could tell that Twilight was sincere in her faith. “I did tell you I wanted to show everyone in Mystica what I could do, right?” she asked rhetorically as she looked to the sky and took a breath. Soon her magic pooled in her scar and then was sent into the sky with a zap. This magic then caused a set of fireworks to explode in the air. All the while Songbird continue to sing. As the fireworks exploded, Twilight and Tempest shared welcoming smiles. Once the last part of the fireworks fade, Pinkie appeared next to the two. “Ooww, nice touch, Tempest!” Pinkie said as she liked the sight. Tempest gave a weak chuckle, “Actually, ‘Tempest Shadow’ is not my real name.” Tempest confessed. Before Pinkie could ask, “I’ll tell you, Pinkie, but you have to promise to tell no one.” Tempest requested. “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” Pinkie pinkie-promised. Tempest looked to Twilight not sure if she should accept that. Twilight nodded for Tempest to accept. Tempest then leaned to whisper into Pinkie's ear so that only Pinkie would hear her, “It's ‘Fizzlepop Berrytwist’.” Pinkie gasped in massive delight as her eyes widened as massive stars formed in them. Pinkie then pulled Tempest into a hug, "That is the most awesome name ever!" Pinkie shouted in pure excitement. Cast: Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle Rebecca Shoichet as Twilight Sparkle’s singing voice Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash and Applejack Andrea Libman as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie Shannon Chan-Kent as Pinkie Pie’s singing voice Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity, Princess Luna and Brighteyes Cathy Weseluck as Spike Nicole Oliver as Princess Celestia and Lix Spittle Britt McKillip as Princess Cadance Andrew Francis as Shining Armor Vincent Tong as Flash Sentry Michelle Creber as Apple Bloom Madeleine Peters as Scootaloo Claire Corlett as Sweetie Belle Bill Newton as Stygian and Pharynx Erin Mathews as Gabby Marÿke Hendrikse as Gilda Ian Hanlin as Sunburst Kathleen Barr as Trixie Lulamoon John de Lancie as Discord Kelly Sheridan as Starlight Glimmer Star Swirl the Great as Christopher Britton Richard Ian Cox as Grampa Gruff With Emily Blunt as Fizzlepop ‘Tempest Shadow’ Berrytwist Michael Peña as Grubber Taye Diggs as Capper Zoe Saldana as Captain Celaeno Max Martini as Boyle Mark Oliver as Mullet Kristin Chenoweth as Princess Skystar Uzo Aduba as Queen Novo Sia as Songbird Serenade Brian Dobson as Verko And Liev Schreiber as The Storm King