//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: Battle for Canterlot (Part 1) // Story: A Place in Equestria V: The Storm Awakens // by GoebelTron //------------------------------// Meanwhile, near the entrance to Canterlot, the sound of wheels clanking appear, and there came Capper with an apron and toque, and a big cake with Spike breathing fire like a candle, and the Mane 8 shackled in chains together and pulling the cake over. The Storm Creatures saw it, until their shields clanged for a fight. “Uh, yeah, I got a delivery here for a Mister "The Storm King". I was given explicit instructions to bring this here cake to this here castle's throne room,” Capper said. The storm creatures growled as they brandished their weapons, and then Capper made a little lie, “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 defenseless pastel ponies" cake? 'Cause I don't wanna be the one responsible for the big guy missin' his special dessert. You know what I'm sayin'?” The storm creatures growled with a nod in reply or shrug on their shoulders. “Thank you kindly, fellas. I'mma be sure and put in a good word for the botha y'all.” Capper said, then a storm creature snarled for confirmation, as Capper winked at a smiling Pinkie Pie. “Pinkie, quit lookin' so happy! Ya ain't foolin' nopony!” Applejack said quietly. “Oh! Okay!” Pinkie Pie replied with a whimper. The wheels continued clanking as the mares continued to pull the cake into Canterlot. “Oh, hello, cake!” Grubber said, running over to the big cake. “Ooh! Don't mind if I do!” Some of the cake splattered as he took a piece of it, and munched it. “Mmm! That's some, like, gourmet thing!” He then saw Squabble’s eyeball. “Who putth eyeballth in filling?” He then hyperventilated as he saw it blink, “Guards!” Squabble grabbed Grubber and pulled him into the cake. The storm creatures growled as they realized they’d been tricked. “Uh-oh. Plan B?” Capper asked. “The jig is up!” Rainbow Dash said as she kicked the wood where the cake stood, and then the pirates popped out in a slow motion moment, and then landed on the ground. “Come on!” Captain Celaeno said. “Harr!” Mullet said, as the other pirates joined the fight, and then Starlight and Sunset went on ahead and freed the ponies that were in cages, and told them to get inside any building they can find until the fighting is over. Princess Skystar was soaring in the air. “Oof!” She grunted as she grabbed a storm creature guard, “Gotcha!” She then made a bowling strike with other guards. Squabble squawked as he tied up a guard with a life preserver, and Lix Spittle grunted while kicking the storm creature in the butt, causing that storm creature to yell and Lix Spittle to laugh. Applejack grunted while tying up a storm creature guard with her rope, and Capper and Rarity tied up a couple of guards with a red ribbon, “Lovely!” Pinkie Pie jumped up onto the hands of a storm creature guard with a present, “Surprise!” The storm creature made surprised grunts, until Pinkie Pie popped out with cupcakes in her hooves, “Double surprise!!” She then threw the cupcakes at the guard. “Whee!” Pinkie Pie laughed, while rapidly throwing more cupcakes. Fluttershy whimpered, until a storm creature guard caught her, “Ooh!” The storm creature growled at her, until Fluttershy thought of an idea, “You seem tense. Do you wanna talk about it?” The Storm Creature was confused, “Huh?” Captain Celaeno caught a storm creature guard’s spear with her sword, “Yeah!” She and Rainbow Dash suddenly heard screaming coming from the sky. They looked up and saw Thomas falling. “Ooh! Ooh! I got him! I got him!” Pinkie Pie said, until she tried to get enough distance for him by setting up a few pillows for him to softly land on. But he was almost too close to the ground, until Applejack swooped him into her foreleg against her chest and skidded on the road. “You alright, little feller?” she asked. Thomas nodded as he was shaking, then he leaned closer towards the fur on her neck and chest for a nuzzle. “Yeah! That was so awesome!” Rainbow Dash said. “If it means savin’ somepony you care about the most, then yeah,” Applejack said, as she helped Thomas onto her back. “Head for the castle! We'll hold them off!” Captain Celaeno said, blocking the spear with her sword. “Come on!” Rainbow Dash said, as she and the other mares ran off towards the castle. The storm creature was blubbering with tears like he was crying, as Fluttershy comforted him. “There, there. Let it all out.” “Fluttershy! Come on!” Everypony else said. Fluttershy began to catch up with her friends after talking to the crying storm creature guard, “Oh! Sorry, our time is up. Buh-bye!” The storm creature guard waved back, “Goodbye!” The storm creatures kept grunting while swinging their weapons at the group. “Keep going!” Princess Skystar said, until she had Shelly and Sheldon in her claws. “Shelly? Sheldon? Show him what your made of!” Shelly and Sheldon were now chattering as Princess Skystar threw them, and then landed on the eyes of a storm creature guard. “I can't see!” The Mane 8 went on ahead, until the storm creatures growled at seeing the group coming over them. “Uh oh,” Applejack said. Spike then decided to do something brave, so he got himself angry, and then he inhaled and took a huge and slowly heavy deep breath, and then he started breathing fire like a living flamethrower. The storm creatures screamed as Spike lit them up on fire, and Thomas then carefully climbed up onto the tower to save his Auntie Twilight. “What?! How?!” Tempest Shadow asked. Twilight gasped with pride, “It's... It's the Magic of...” “Yeah, yeah! Friendship, and flowers, and ponies, and bleh!” The Storm King said dramatically. “I'm so totally over the cute pony thing. This... ends... now!” The Storm King then raised the staff of Sacannas and then shot a huge amount of lightning bolts everywhere, causing a huge storm that felt like a tornado, and then started laughing evilly as it came to be. “Uh-oh,” Sunset said. “This is not good!” Starlight said. Rarity and Fluttershy yelped, as the wind was too strong for them. The Storm King made a maniacal laughter, “Yeah! Now this is how it’s done!” “Move your hooves! We can still win this!” Sunset said. Rarity screamed as the lightning almost stuck here, as the storm creatures were now yelling at the lightning that was chasing them and scaring them off. “You'd have to be flying faster than a speeding Pegasus to break through that wind!” Rainbow Dash said. Pinkie Pie gasped, “Excellent idea, Rainbow Dash! I’ve got an idea! Be right back!” She then ran off to get something. “Now I truly am the Storm King! And the entire world will bow to me!” he said. “Yes, yes, you are every bit as powerful as I promised, Sire, now, restore my horn and I swear to use my magic to serve you!” Tempest replied with a kneel. The Storm King laughed, “Who cares about your dinky little unicorn horn?!” Tempest gasped, “But... we... we had an agreement! You said you would—“ The Storm King chuckled mischievously, “Oh, get with the program! I used you! It's kind of what I do! Now get out of my sight! I’m trying to enjoy the show!” The lightning zapped from the Storm King’s staff as Tempest yelped while dodging the attack, and then charged up her horn to repel the attack, but the zap blasted them both. The Storm King and Tempest yelped, and then The Storm King grunted as he landed knocked out while holding Twilight gasped at the Storm King, and then saw Tempest holding onto the railing as the storm was trying to suck her in as she gasped and grunted with her life, until the strong wind started pulling her in. She then saw Twilight holding her hoof, “Hold on!” Tempest saw the concern in Twilight’s eyes, “Why are you saving me?” Twilight then smiled warmly at Tempest, “Because this... is what friends do.” Tempest smiled warmly at the alicorn who saved her life, and then Twilight grunted while pulling Tempest towards the balcony, and then Twilight placed herself onto Tempest’s side. “You okay?” Twilight asked. “Yeah. You?” Tempest said. “Never better,” Twilight said. Thomas watched from behind, until the Storm King walked up to them. Thomas then got angry and grabbed the broken spear he had with him. “Awwww! Isn't that just so sweet!” The Storm King said sarcastically, until he laughed, pointing the staff at the two ponies. “Yeah. See ya!” He charged up the staff, but suddenly Thomas jumped by using a drape as a swing, and then landed himself on the Storm King’s shoulders and wrapped his legs around his neck tightly, and then grabbed his horns to tug them. “AGH!” The Storm King tried to grab him, but Thomas was to small for him. “Thomas?” Twilight asked. “Did he just...” Tempest asked.