//------------------------------// // Interrupted at the last moment // Story: The New Storm // by ChaosKing23 //------------------------------// It was obvious from the beginning that Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy glow would lose to the ponies again. They were uncoordinated and couldn’t hold a conversation for 5 minutes before breaking out into an argument. They may have taken down Celestia, Luna and Discord but they had a wildcard. Grogars bell.  If not for the bell, the 3 villains would have been outmatched before they could have come up with a plan to end Twilight Sparkle and her friends.But even with a powerful magical artifact they had acted like normal dumb villains. They had waited too long and had not cemented their positions when they had the chance. They had given the heroes too many chances to come back and now they had finally struck out. They wouldn’t be getting a second chance after this. They had everything they needed to succeed but they had thrown it away for pity revenge against their enemies. They risked everything to gain nothing in the end. But luckily for them some other creature had its eyes on these final events, and watched as they unfolded.  The villains watched as Twilight Sparkle, and her friends were lifted into the air by the magic of friendship. They were soon joined by another group. Both the Pillars and the young six who had gathered all of their friends across Equestria. The villains stared in awe as this happened before them. They had seen this before and they knew what would happen next. And as Twilight finished her speech and was about to fire the Friendship Rainbow beam at the villain's. No one noticed that the clouds above began to darken and move closer to both the wendigos and Twilight sparkle. Twilight's horn flared showing a glimpse of the rainbow power she was about to summon, and then…… she struck the ground at an alarming speed. The villains were the first to let out gasps and coughs as a cloud of dust and was picked up in front of them. “What happened?!? I can’t see anything” Cozy Glow exclaimed as she was swatting the dust out of her eyes with a hoof. Tirek spit out some dust and rubbed his eyes while Chrysalis was blinking rapidly trying to see in front of her. “How am I supposed to know we all saw that same thing” Tirek said as he was still trying to get his vision back. The villains backed up as one trying to get their sight back and see what was going on.  On the hill just seconds after Twilight was struck everycreature was trying to figure out what was going on. The mane six, Young six and the pillars all fell abruptly as Twilight’s hold on them disappeared. The Pegasus and gryphons quickly caught them before they fell and got hurt.  Rainbow Dash and Applejack were the first ones to respond and shouted Twilight name down the hill. Everycreature on the hill went to the edge to see if they could spot what hit Twilight. They all waited in silence as the dust and smoke began to disperse.  What they saw shocked them to the core. Twilight Sparkle who moments ago was about to overcome one of the greatest threats ever seen in Equestria, was pinned to the ground.  Somecreature was on top of her holding her down with it’s foot. It was some sort of Biped with long arms and legs that shifted backwards like that of a satyr. It was covered in thick black armor that seemed to absorb the light around it. And was staring directly at Twilight. It made no movements and seemed like it was waiting for something. Twilight wasn’t moving either she looked a little bruised but looked fine otherwise. She must have blacked out from the abrupt impact with the ground. Everycreature on the hill let out a gasp or shout of surprise at what they saw. Some...thing was standing on top of the new princess of Equestria and using her as a carpet. Rainbow and a few other gritted their teeth in irritation. Both Celestia and Luna quickly trotted forward to try and get a better look at this new creature but it was too far away to see anything specific.  As Celestia and Luna stepped forward the new being seemed to take notice as it moved it’s head up towards them. It stayed like that for a few seconds before moving back down to look at Twilight.  Neither Celestia or Luna would say something but when that being turned to glance at them they both felt cold as if they were being frozen from the inside. Only when it looked away again did they both let out a gasp of air and look towards each other in worry. They both didn’t know who or what this was. They were as speechless and as unsure as every other creature here with them.  The first thing Twilight felt when she began to awake was the harsh pain on the back of her neck and the excruciating headache that was pounding in her head. She tried to pry her eyes open but stopped when she felt something impeding her ability to stand up. She slowly opened her eyes to try and see what was happening around her. The first thing she noticed was the hill and all her friends that were still on it. She squinted as she saw them all crowded up on the edge of the hill and seemed to be watching something intently.  She attempted to move her head but was stopped when the pressure that was impeding her from getting up started to turn her. She was laying flat on her side but her head was now facing directly up and her withers were pressed up against the cold dirt.  Her pupils shrunk as her brain began to register the situation she was in. She heard shouting and turned her head rapidly, seeing all her friends shouting at the creature currently holding her down.She looked back to the creature who seemed to register there shouting and glanced at them. Seeing an opportunity to try and escape the creatures clutches. Her wings flared on instinct to be free and started flapping. She tried to push herself with all her strength out of the forced hold, she was in. Before she could even gain a little bit of ground. She was shoved back into the dirt forcefully by the being on top of her.  She closed her eyes and let out a groan of discomfort as she was forcefully reminded of how the cold hard dirt felt against her fur. She quickly looked back towards her friends and peers. They had stopped shouting afraid that another action would set off the creature and put Twilight in more pain.  The creature took another few seconds looking at the hill and her friends before looking back down at Twilight.  Twilight was staring up at him now, just as he was staring at her. His unblinking red eyes looked determined and made Twilight flinch as he moved his head closer to get a better look at her. As she stared at his red eyes she noticed that the determination she caught a glimpse of before was not the true motive in its eyes. She saw something hiding behind it.  It wasn’t the calmness of a sunset or the hatred of a Mad King like Sombra. No, it was as if she was staring at ferocious, ocean waves crashing onto land. His eyes were filled with something Twilight had never truly experienced before. Vengeance.  She had only been looking into his eyes for a few seconds before she closed her eyes trying to forget what she had seen. The image scared her brain and she knew that it would haunt her for many nights to come. Fear had encompassed her when she realized that she could do nothing in the face of this new threat as she was pinned and down for the count. She felt weak and powerless despite being so strong and defiant in the face of an overwhelming enemy only a few short minutes ago. Twilight opened her eyes trying to muster up some form of courage knowing her friends needed her she noticed something that shook her to the core. A sigil on the newcomers shoulder plate. A wendigo shrieked in the background as Twilight’s pupils turned to pinprick's. She thought to herself on the ground, a victim of fear and hopelessness.  ‘The Storm King’s Sigil?!?!?’